Potassium Hydroxide → (2R,3S)-2-benzyl-3-hydroxysuccinic acid

HRID 1677771Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1677771 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C@H:8]([C@H:15]([OH:22])[C:16]([O:18]C(C)C)=[O:17])[C:9]([O:11]C(C)C)=[O:10])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[OH-].[K+]>C1COCC1.O>[CH2:1]([C@H:8]([C@H:15]([OH:22])[C:16]([OH:18])=[O:17])[C:9]([OH:11])=[O:10])[C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 14797Potassium HydroxideHCID 14264444Diisopropyl (2R,3S)-2-benzyl-3-hydroxysuccinate

Product 1

HCID 54300227(2R,3S)-2-benzyl-3-hydroxysuccinic acidYield 82%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 962WaterSolventHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

Diisopropyl (2R,3S)-2-benzyl-3-hydroxysuccinate (2.90 g; 15.9 mmol; 1.0 eq.) was taken in THF (44 mL), cooled to 0° C. and was treated with KOH (3.17 g, 56.4 mmol) in water (14.5 mL). The resulting mixture was stirred at RT for 48 h. THF was removed and the residue was taken in water. The aqueous layer was washed with ether (100 mL) and was acidified with an aqueous solution of HCl (1.5 N), then was extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4 and then concentrated to give the title product as white solid (1.73 g, 82%).

Workup

  1. customTHF was removed
  2. washThe aqueous layer was washed with ether (100 mL)
  3. extractionwas extracted with EtOAc
  4. dry with materialThe combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4
  5. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bc6595eb075e40e1b14ec163d31d4b92
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_08
Patent number
US08008302B2

Reaction notes

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