Ethyl formate → Methyl 2-formyl-4-methoxybutanoate

HRID 237823Notes

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:9])[CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][O:7][CH3:8].[CH:10](OCC)=[O:11]>>[CH3:1][O:2][C:3](=[O:9])[CH:4]([CH:10]=[O:11])[CH2:5][CH2:6][O:7][CH3:8]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 8025Ethyl formate

HCID 542317Methyl 4-methoxybutanoate

Product 1

HCID 86640234Methyl 2-formyl-4-methoxybutanoate

Procedure

The title compound was prepared from 4-methoxy-butyric acid methyl ester and ethyl formate employing the procedure set forth in Step 1 of Example 87.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-98513c16cb454c518c7f09bcee838067
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2014_02
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08642603B2

Reaction notes

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