Sulfuric Acid → isopropyl (2R, 3R)-2-methyl-3-hydroxybutanoate

HRID 2226360Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2226360 reaction equation
Cl[C:2](Cl)(Cl)[C@H:3]1[O:8][C:7](=[O:9])[C@H:6]([CH3:10])[C@@H:5]([CH3:11])[O:4]1.S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[CH3:19]C(O)C>O>[CH3:10][C@H:6]([C@H:5]([OH:4])[CH3:11])[C:7]([O:8][CH:3]([CH3:19])[CH3:2])=[O:9]

Participants

5

Procedure

To 1.0 g of (2R, 5R, 6R)-2-trichloromethyl-5,6-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-4-one obtained by procedures similar to (1)-(4) of Example 1 were added 0.1 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid and 10 ml of 2-propanol and stirred at room temperature for one hour, and 20 ml of water was added to effect ether extraction. After drying the ether phase over anhydrous sodium sulfate, the ether was distilled off and the residue was subjected to distillation to give 0.4 g of isopropyl (2R, 3R)-2-methyl-3-hydroxybutanoate. The NMR chart is shown in FIG. 6. ##STR44##

Workup

  1. extractionether extraction
  2. dry with materialAfter drying the ether phase over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  3. distillationthe ether was distilled off
  4. distillationthe residue was subjected to distillation

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-75d8cd1736714dd891b27af03e4ea7fa
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_09
Patent number
US05348870

Reaction notes

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