Ethylene Glycol → 2-(2-(Benzyloxy)ethyl)-2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane

HRID 31692Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 31692 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([O:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][C:11](=[O:13])[CH3:12])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[CH2:14](O)[CH2:15][OH:16].C(OCC)(OCC)OCC>O.C1(C)C=CC(S(O)(=O)=O)=CC=1.C(=O)([O-])O.[Na+]>[CH2:1]([O:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][C:11]1([CH3:12])[O:16][CH2:15][CH2:14][O:13]1)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

6

Procedure

A mixture of 4-benzyloxy-2-butanone (10 g, 56.1 mmol), ethylene glycol (40 ml, 718 mmol), triethyl orthoformate (9.3 ml, 55.9 mmol) and p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate (290 mg, 1.52 mmol) was stirred at room temperature for 13.5 hours. To the reaction mixture, a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (40 ml) was added and the mixture was extracted three times with chloroform (50 ml). The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated. The crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (NH silica gel, elution solvent: heptane/ethyl acetate=1/0 to 4/1 gradient). Desired fractions were concentrated to obtain the title compound (10.08 g, 80.8% yield) as a colorless oil.

Workup

  1. extractionthe mixture was extracted three times with chloroform (50 ml)
  2. dry with materialThe organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  3. concentrationconcentrated
  4. customThe crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (NH silica gel, elution solvent: heptane/ethyl acetate=1/0 to 4/1 gradient)
  5. concentrationDesired fractions were concentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4bc513ce0dfc42259687f0217e5bcc1d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_09
Patent number
US07425634B2

Reaction notes

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