Bromine → Methyl 4-bromo-3-oxopentanoate

HRID 1861137Notes

Reaction equation

[O:1]=[C:2]([CH2:8][CH3:9])[CH2:3][C:4]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5].[Br:10]Br>>[Br:10][CH:8]([CH3:9])[C:2](=[O:1])[CH2:3][C:4]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 24408Bromine

HCID 121699Methyl 3-oxovalerate

Product 1

HCID 9815681Methyl 4-bromo-3-oxopentanoate

Procedure

reacting methyl 3-oxovalerate (commercially available) with bromine to give methyl 4-bromo-3-oxovalerate, or reacting ethyl 3-oxovalerate (commercially available) with bromine to give ethyl 4-bromo-3-oxovalerate,

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-b14a9a8c39584626801686a97781d58b
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2003_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06531609B2

Reaction notes

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