Formaldehyde → 3-(Hydroxymethyl)-4-methylpent-4-en-2-one

HRID 1834162Notes

Reaction equation

[O:1]=[C:2]([CH:4]=[C:5]([CH3:7])[CH3:6])[CH3:3].[CH2:8]=[O:9]>>[CH3:6][C:5]([CH:4]([CH2:8][OH:9])[C:2](=[O:1])[CH3:3])=[CH2:7]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 712Formaldehyde

HCID 8858Mesityl oxide2×

Product 1

HCID 141866443-(Hydroxymethyl)-4-methylpent-4-en-2-one

Procedure

contacting mesityl oxide with formaldehyde in the presence of 0.1 to 10 mol percent of a bicyclic amidine per mol of mesityl oxide whereby to obtain 2-methyl-3-hydroxymethyl-pent-1-en-4-one; and B. heating said 2-methyl-3-hydroxymethyl-pent-1-en-4-one at 300° to 600° C until it decomposes.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-cdfaa269351142cbb1162230b2ff4bc6
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1978_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04069257

Reaction notes

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