Ethanol → ethyl (E)-4-(5-methyl-2-phenyl-4-oxazolylmethoxy)benzylidenepyruvate

HRID 1740917Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1740917 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[O:6][C:5]([C:7]2[CH:12]=[CH:11][CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=2)=[N:4][C:3]=1[CH2:13][O:14][C:15]1[CH:27]=[CH:26][C:18](/[CH:19]=[CH:20]/[C:21](=[O:25])[C:22]([OH:24])=[O:23])=[CH:17][CH:16]=1.[CH2:28](O)[CH3:29].S(=O)(=O)(O)O>O>[CH3:1][C:2]1[O:6][C:5]([C:7]2[CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=[CH:11][CH:12]=2)=[N:4][C:3]=1[CH2:13][O:14][C:15]1[CH:27]=[CH:26][C:18](/[CH:19]=[CH:20]/[C:21](=[O:25])[C:22]([O:24][CH2:28][CH3:29])=[O:23])=[CH:17][CH:16]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 702EthanolHCID 1118Sulfuric AcidHCID 18546125(E)-4-(5-methyl-2-phenyl-4-oxazolylmethoxy)benzylidenepyruvic acid

Product 1

HCID 10971201ethyl (E)-4-(5-methyl-2-phenyl-4-oxazolylmethoxy)benzylidenepyruvateYield 86%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

To a mixture of (E)-4-(5-methyl-2-phenyl-4-oxazolylmethoxy)benzylidenepyruvic acid (1.3 g) and ethanol (50 ml) was added conc. sulfuric acid (0.1 ml). The mixture was heated for 8 hours under reflux, then the reaction mixture was poured into water, which was subjected to extraction with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with water and dried (MgSO4), followed by distilling off the solvent. The residue was subjected to a silica gel column chromatography. From the fractions eluted with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:3, v/v), ethyl (E)-4-(5-methyl-2-phenyl-4-oxazolylmethoxy)benzylidenepyruvate (1,2 g, 86%) was obtained. Recrystallization from ethyl acetate-hexane gave pale yellow prisms. Melting point: 110-111° C.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was heated for 8 hours
  2. temperatureunder reflux
  3. extractionwas subjected to extraction with ethyl acetate
  4. washThe ethyl acetate layer was washed with water
  5. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  6. distillationby distilling off the solvent
  7. washFrom the fractions eluted with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:3

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-54a49b5354a644c29ee89886736a8354
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_10
Patent number
US05972970

Reaction notes

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