Pyridine → 5-Cyclohexylidene-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione

Temperature

0 °C

A titanium tetrachloride solution (36.0 mL, 36.0 mmol) (1M solution in DCM) was added slowly to a cooled (0° C.) round bottom flask containing dry THF (75 mL). To the resulting yellow slurry was slowly added the 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione (2.50 g, 17.0 mmol) (commercially available from Aldrich) and cyclohexanone (1.80 mL, 17.0 mmol) (commercially available from Aldrich) dissolved in THF (25 mL). Pyridine (7.0 mL, 87.0 mmol) was then added and the resulting mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred overnight. The reaction was then quenched with water (200 mL) and the mixture was extracted with ether (2×300 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution (2×150 mL) and brine (1×100 mL) and dried over magnesium sulfate. The filtrate was concentrated, and the residue was recrystallized using ether and hexanes to give 5-cyclohexylidene-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione (1.86 g, 48% yield). MS ESI (neg.) m/e: 223.1 (M−H)−.

1. temperatureto warm to room temperature
2. customThe reaction was then quenched with water (200 mL)
3. extractionthe mixture was extracted with ether (2×300 mL)
4. washThe combined organic layers were washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution (2×150 mL) and brine (1×100 mL)
5. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
6. concentrationThe filtrate was concentrated
7. customthe residue was recrystallized

ORD record

ord-7f3a6911b83d4270b5bb179f67ab03c0

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2011_10

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US08030354B2