Methanol → Methyl 2-(3-methylisoxazol-5-yl)acetate

A solution of 3-methyl-5-isoxazole acetic acid (10.2 g, 72.6 mmol) in methanol (100 mL) was treated with p-toluene-4-sulfonic acid monohydrate (1.0 g, cat.) and the resulting mixture was then heated under reflux for 4 h. After cooling, the mixture was then evaporated and the brownish residue stirred with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and diethylether. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to afford (3-methyl-isoxazol-5-yl)-acetic acid methyl ester (9.62 g) as a light yellow oil. This was then dissolved in butanol and reacted with hydrazine hydrate As described for example 112a. The resulting mixture was then heated under reflux for 16 h and after cooling and evaporation, the residue was crystallized from n-butanol/toluene to afford the title compound as a white solid (5.30 g). Concentration of the mother liquor provided another crop of solid material (2.95 g, overall yield: 73%). 1H-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO): δ=2.19 (s, 3H), 3.25 (s, 2H), 4.29 (s, 2H), 6.17 (s, 1H), 9.29 (s, 1H).

1. temperaturethe resulting mixture was then heated
2. temperatureunder reflux for 4 h
3. temperatureAfter cooling
4. customthe mixture was then evaporated
5. dry with materialThe organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate
6. concentrationconcentrated

ORD record

ord-2dffd324c6984c8096162dbd1cc67372

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2009_03

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07507729B2