Methyl 3-oxovalerate → methyl (E)-3-methoxy-2-pentenoate

HRID 1861142Notes

Reaction equation

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

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 121699Methyl 3-oxovalerate

HCID 53629101Methylorthoformate

Product 1

HCID 5527349methyl (E)-3-methoxy-2-pentenoate

Procedure

reacting methyl 3-oxovalerate with methyl orthoformate (commercially available) to give methyl (E)-3-methoxy-2-pentenoate,

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-45940345efee4d598c23b8b426319800
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2003_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06531609B2

Reaction notes

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