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

HRID 2226361Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2226361 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, 5S, 6R)-2-trichloromethyl-5,6-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-4-one obtained by a procedure similar to Example 1-(4) were added 0.1 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid and 10 ml of 2-propanol, stirred at room temperature for one hour, and 20 ml of water was added followed by ether extraction. The ether phase was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and ether was distilled off, and then the residue was subjected to distillation to obtain 0.4 g of isopropyl (2S, 3R)-2-methyl-3-hydroxybutanoate. ##STR54##

Workup

  1. extractionfollowed by ether extraction
  2. dry with materialThe ether phase was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and ether
  3. distillationwas distilled off
  4. distillationthe residue was subjected to distillation

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-91c58472130e4de39a95edefdad59500
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_09
Patent number
US05348870

Reaction notes

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