Potassium Hydroxide → Ethyl hydrogen 2-[5-(2-methoxyethoxy)methoxypentyl]malonate

HRID 329523Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 329523 reaction equation
[OH-].[K+].[CH3:3][O:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][O:7][CH2:8][O:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH:15]([C:21]([O:23]CC)=[O:22])[C:16]([O:18][CH2:19][CH3:20])=[O:17]>C(O)C>[CH3:3][O:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][O:7][CH2:8][O:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH:15]([C:21]([OH:23])=[O:22])[C:16]([O:18][CH2:19][CH3:20])=[O:17]

Participants

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Procedure

1.5 ml of an aqueous solution containing 0.203 g of potassium hydroxide was added, whilst ice-cooling, to a solution of 1.029 g of diethyl 2-[5-(2-methoxyethoxy)methoxypentyl]malonate (prepared as described in Preparation 61) dissolved in 1.5 ml of ethanol. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours, after which it was washed with diethyl ether. The aqueous layer was adjusted to a pH value of 2 by adding 10% w/v aqueous hydrochloric acid, and it was then extracted four times with methylene chloride. The combined extracts were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure. The oily residue (0.94 g) was subjected to column chromatography through 20 g of silica gel, and 0.764 g of the title compound was obtained, as a colorless oil, from those fractions eluted with mixtures of hexane and ethyl acetate ranging from 2:1 to 1:1 by volume.

Workup

  1. additionwas added, whilst ice-
  2. washafter which it was washed with diethyl ether
  3. additionby adding 10%
  4. extractionwas then extracted four times with methylene chloride
  5. dry with materialThe combined extracts were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  6. concentrationconcentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-698e705ddb3947a5aecfc37f17e8c851
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1990_01
Patent number
US04891363

Reaction notes

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