2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol → Ethyl 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl carbonate

In a flask (5-liter volume), 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (800 g, 8.0 mol). ethyl chlorocarbonate (867 g, 8.0 mol) and diethyl ether (1000 ml) were charged. While the flask was cooled so that the reaction was carried out at -5° C. to 0° C., a 29.5% by weight aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide (1500 g) was added dropwise to the flask for 6 hours and the mixture was stirred for 12 hours at room temperature. The ether layer was separated, washed with water, dried and distilled to give ethyl 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl carbonate as a colorless liquid (960 g, yield 70%). The chemical structure of the produced compound was determined based on the IR and NMR absorbance spectra shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 respectively and the mass spectrometry spectrum (M/e=172).

1. temperatureWhile the flask was cooled so that the reaction
2. customwas carried out at -5° C. to 0° C.
3. customThe ether layer was separated
4. washwashed with water
5. customdried
6. distillationdistilled

ORD record

ord-9eb09862d3164d5ba6ac2ced82dc1dbc

Source dataset

uspto-grants-1997_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US05633099