Triethylamine → 3-Methyl-6-hexyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione

HRID 400352Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 400352 reaction equation
[OH:1][CH:2]([CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH3:11])[C:3]([OH:5])=[O:4].Br[CH:13]([CH3:17])[C:14](Br)=[O:15].C(N(CC)CC)C>CC(C)=O>[CH3:17][CH:13]1[O:4][C:3](=[O:5])[CH:2]([CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH3:11])[O:1][C:14]1=[O:15]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
60 °C

Procedure

2.5 g 2-hydroxyoctanoic acid (15.6 mmol) and 1.75 mL 2-bromopropionyl bromide (16.3 mmol) were stirred at 80° C. under nitrogen for 12 h. 150 mL acetone and 4.35 mL anhydrous triethylamine (31 mmol) were added to the mixture and the solution was stirred for 3 h at 60° C. After filtration of the triethylammonium bromide salts, acetone was distilled off and the resulting mixture was dissolved in 250 mL ethyl acetate:hexane mixture (1:2). After filtration over silica gel the solvents were distilled off, and the remaining crude product was recrystallized from hexane. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 5.00 (q, 1H), 4.89 (dd, 1H), 1.9-2.15 (br m, 2H), 1.70 (d), 1.66 (d), (3H, of 2 diastereoisomers), 1.45-1.65 (br m, 2H), 1.25-1.40 (br m, 6H), 0.90 (t, 3H). 13C NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 167.53, 166.90. 166.26, 165.87, 75.80, 72.49, 72.25, 31.92, 31.45, 31.39, 30.00, 28.73, 28.50, 24.60, 24.29, 22.48, 22.44, 17.54, 15.83, 14.00. ELEM. ANAL. Calcd. for C11H18O4: C, 61.68; H, 8.41. Found: C, 61.63; H, 8.48. Yield: 45%.

Workup

  1. filtrationAfter filtration of the triethylammonium bromide salts, acetone
  2. distillationwas distilled off
  3. dissolutionthe resulting mixture was dissolved in 250 mL ethyl acetate
  4. filtrationAfter filtration over silica gel the solvents
  5. distillationwere distilled off
  6. customthe remaining crude product was recrystallized from hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-24e9ff316efe499ab66eb4e0e88e6290
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_06
Patent number
US08741877B2

Reaction notes

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