Methyl acetoacetate → Methyl 3-oxovalerate

HRID 258064Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 258064 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:7][CH3:8])(=[O:6])[CH2:2][C:3]([CH3:5])=[O:4].[C:9](Cl)(=O)CC>>[O:4]=[C:3]([CH2:5][CH3:9])[CH2:2][C:1]([O:7][CH3:8])=[O:6]

Participants

3

Procedure

According to the method described in Jikken Kaqaku Koza, Vol. 19, p. 441, 121 g of methyl 3-ketopentanoate was synthesized from 326 g of methyl acetoacetate and 189 g of propionyl chloride and then subjected to enantioselective hydrogenation using (+)-2,2'-bis[di(p-tolylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl] tetrachlorodiruthenium-triethylamine [Ru2Cl4 (T-BINAP)2Et3N] according to the method disclosed in JP-A-63-310847, to obtain 110 g of methyl R-(-)-3-hydroxypentanoate. 100 g of this compound was treated in the same manner as in Step 1 of Example 1, to obtain 19 g of the desired compound having a boiling point of 60° to 65° C./1 mmHg and a chemical purity, as measured by GC, of 88.2%. The percent yield was 36.3%.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d92d7e578a314bac93e4332fd6138946
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_11
Patent number
US05264547

Reaction notes

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