Iodine → Muconic Acid

HRID 385235Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 385235 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:10])(=[O:9])/[CH:2]=[CH:3]\[CH:4]=[CH:5]\[C:6]([OH:8])=[O:7].II>C1COCC1>[C:1]([OH:10])(=[O:9])/[CH:2]=[CH:3]/[CH:4]=[CH:5]/[C:6]([OH:8])=[O:7]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 807IodineHCID 5280614(2E,4Z)-2,4-Hexadienedioic acid

Product 1

HCID 5356793Muconic AcidYield 86%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Procedure

cis,trans-Muconic acid (38.3 g, 269.7 mmol) is dissolved in THF (400 mL) at room temperature and a crystal of iodine (247 mg, 0.972 mmol) is added. The reaction mixture is allowed to stir at room temperature for 24 hours. The precipitate is obtained by filtration, washed with ice-cold tetrahydrofuran (2×) and dried under reduced pressure to yield 33.2 g (a 86 percent yield) of trans,trans-muconic acid. The reaction sequence is shown in FIG. 3.

Workup

  1. customThe precipitate is obtained by filtration
  2. washwashed with ice-cold tetrahydrofuran (2×)
  3. customdried under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-18c8625f2ba14be3876612d65e675832
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_02
Patent number
US08367859B2

Reaction notes

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