Ethyl 2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylate → 87753-08-0

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 15.6 g (190 mmol) of sodium acetate, 25 mL (172.7 mmol) of ethyl cyclopentanone-2-carboxylate, 27.7 g (177 mmol) of benzamidine hydrochloride and 250 mL of xylene was refluxed with a Dean Stark trap for 8 hours. Most of the xylene was distilled off and the hot reaction mixture was poured onto crushed ice. The reaction mixture was left to stand at room temperature for 0.5 hour, then vacuum filtered to remove the product, as a gray solid. The solid was air dried overnight to yield 13.35 g (37.0%) of 2-phenyl-3,5,6,7-tetrahydro-4H-cyclopentapyrimidin-4-one. 1H-NMR (CDCl3) δ2.11 (2H,m), 2.90 (4H,m), 7.5 (3H,m), 8.18 (2H,m).

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