Diethyl Ether → Methyl bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-carboxylate

HRID 1589131Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1589131 reaction equation
[CH:1]1[CH2:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[C:6]([O:10][CH3:11])(=[O:9])C=C.[CH3:12][CH2:13]OCC>>[CH:2]12[CH2:1][CH:5]([CH:12]=[CH:13]1)[CH2:4][CH:3]2[C:6]([O:10][CH3:11])=[O:9]

Participants

4

Procedure

In 100 ml of anhydrous ether at 0° C. is mixed 30 ml of cyclopentadiene and 32 ml of methyl acrylate. The ice bath is removed and the mixture allowed to stir overnight. The solvent, unreacted methyl acrylate, and cyclopentadiene are removed at ambient temperature at reduced pressure; as less material distilled out of the mixture the pressure is gradually reduced to 0.5 mm. The desired epimeric mixture of methyl carboxylate is distilled at 42'-43° and 0.5 mm; ir: 3118, 3060, 2965, 2941, 2862, 1734, 1428, 1329, 1264, 1190, 1024, 704, cm-1 ; 60 MHZ NMR: endo/exo=80/20.

Workup

  1. customThe ice bath is removed
  2. customThe solvent, unreacted methyl acrylate, and cyclopentadiene are removed at ambient temperature at reduced pressure
  3. distillationas less material distilled out of the mixture the pressure
  4. additionThe desired epimeric mixture of methyl carboxylate
  5. distillationis distilled at 42'-43° and 0.5 mm

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-fa6ecaee7f08446ebdd65962d5d54e3c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1986_02
Patent number
US04568660

Reaction notes

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