Phthalic Anhydride → HCID 10956766, compound

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Reaction Steps

A solution of 114.82 g (0.10 mole) of phthalic anhydride and 16.31 g (0.11 mole) of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol (TMPD) in 250 mL of xylene was heated for 96 hr as described in Examples 1-3. Xylene was removed on a rotary evaporator at 20 torr, at a base temperature of 68° C. The residue (30.0 g) was diluted with 30 mL of methanol and the resulting slurry cooled to 1° C., filtered, and washed with methanol which had been chilled to -20° C. to give 15.9 g (58% yield) of 7-Isopropyl-8,8-dimethyl-8,9-dihydro-7H-6,10-dioxabenzocyclononene-5,11-dione, which was 99.9% pure by vapor phase chromatography (vpc). The methanol washing from recovery of 7-Isopropyl-8,8-dimethyl-8,9-dihydro-7H-6,10-dioxabenzocyclononene-5,11-dione contained, on a methanol-free basis, 16.4% of 7-Isopropyl-8,8-dimethyl-8,9-dihydro-7H-6,10-dioxabenzocyclononene-5,11-dione, while the residue from stripping xylene from the original reaction mixture contained 41.2% of 7-Isopropyl-8,8-dimethyl-8,9-dihydro-7H-6,10-dioxabenzocyclononene-5,11-dione.

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