Triethylamine → 3-Methyl-6-hexyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione

HRID 2206939Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2206939 reaction equation
[OH:1][CH:2]([CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH3:11])[C:3]([OH:5])=[O:4].Br[CH:13]([CH3:17])[C:14](Br)=[O:15].C(N(CC)CC)C>CC(C)=O>[CH3:17][CH:13]1[O:4][C:3](=[O:5])[CH:2]([CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH3:11])[O:1][C:14]1=[O:15]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
60 °C

Procedure

2.5 g 2-hydroxyoctanoic acid (15.6 mmol) and 1.75 mL 2-bromopropionyl bromide (16.3 mmol) were stirred at 80° C. under nitrogen for 12 h. 150 mL acetone and 4.35 mL anhydrous triethylamine (31 mmol) were added to the mixture and the solution was stirred for 3 h at 60° C. After filtration of the triethylammonium bromide salts, acetone was distilled off and the resulting mixture was dissolved in 250 mL ethyl acetate:hexane mixture (1:2). After filration over silica gel the solvents were distilled off, and the remaining crude product was recrystallized from hexane. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 5.00 (q, 1H), 4.89 (dd, 1H), 1.9-2.15 (br m, 2H), 1.70 (d), 1.66 (d), (3H, of 2 diastereoisomers), 1.45-1.65 (br m, 2H), 1.25-1.40 (br m, 6H), 0.90 (t, 3H). 13C NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 167.53, 166.90. 166.26, 165.87, 75.80, 72.49, 72.25, 31.92, 31.45, 31.39, 30.00, 28.73, 28.50, 24.60, 24.29, 22.48, 22.44, 17.54, 15.83, 14.00. ELEM. ANAL. Calcd. for C11H18O4: C, 61.68; H, 8.41. Found: C, 61.63; H, 8.48. Yield: 45%.

Workup

  1. filtrationAfter filtration of the triethylammonium bromide salts, acetone
  2. distillationwas distilled off
  3. dissolutionthe resulting mixture was dissolved in 250 mL ethyl acetate
  4. distillationAfter filration over silica gel the solvents were distilled off
  5. customthe remaining crude product was recrystallized from hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7afba8678b0e43d0b09b21bb936e979b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2016_06
Patent number
US09375482B2

Reaction notes

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