Diethyl Carbonate → 4-(Methoxymethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-2-one

HRID 1614372Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1614372 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][CH2:3][CH:4]([OH:7])[CH2:5][OH:6].[C:8](=O)(OCC)[O:9]CC.[H-].[Na+]>>[CH3:1][O:2][CH2:3][CH:4]1[CH2:5][O:6][C:8](=[O:9])[O:7]1

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 7766Diethyl CarbonateHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 928223-Methoxy-1,2-propanediol

Product 1

HCID 43844854-(Methoxymethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-2-one

Procedure

A mixture of 14 g (0.132 mol) of 3-methoxypropane-1,2-diol (S)and 31.16 g (0.264 mol) of diethyl carbonate in the presence of 0.108 g of 50% sodium hydride is heated until distillation of the alcohol formed. After completion of the reaction, the aimed product is distilled.

Workup

  1. customformed
  2. customAfter completion of the reaction
  3. distillationthe aimed product is distilled

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2538b0302d7d4bf796b8448851806dfb
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_03
Patent number
US05196543

Reaction notes

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