Ethanol → 4-Ethenylphenyl acetate

HRID 2254011Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2254011 reaction equation
[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([C:8](=O)[CH3:9])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.OS([O-])(=O)=O.[K+].[CH2:17]([OH:19])[CH3:18]>>[C:17]([O:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([CH:8]=[CH2:9])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1)(=[O:19])[CH3:18]

Participants

4

Procedure

p-Hydroxyacetophenone was converted to 1-(p-acetoxyphenl) ethanol and then dehydrated using liquid phase dehydration in the presence of potassium acid sulfate to produce p-acetoxystyrene, according to the method of Corson et al. (J. Org. Chem., 1958, 23, 544). p-Acetoxystyrene (1.6 g) was added to a stirred solution of potassium hydroxide (1.4 g) in water (14 ml) at 5 degrees Centigrade. Stirring was continued at 0.5 degrees Centigrade for 2 h. The mixture was then washed with ether, and the aqueous phase neutralized with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution. The product was extracted into dichloromethane, the solution was dried over anhydrous calcium chloride and the solvent removed, to yield a cloudy oil (0.7 g) which solidified on standing to a waxy solid.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bc5b74b083b34484ba1164130a08afb6
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_08
Patent number
US05234566

Reaction notes

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