Benzene → 2-Pentanone, 4-methyl-4-phenyl-

HRID 436597Notes

Reaction equation

[O:1]=[C:2]([CH:4]=[C:5]([CH3:7])[CH3:6])[CH3:3].[CH:8]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=1>>[CH3:6][C:5]([C:8]1[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=1)([CH3:7])[CH2:4][C:2](=[O:1])[CH3:3]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 241Benzene

HCID 8858Mesityl oxide

Product 1

HCID 818982-Pentanone, 4-methyl-4-phenyl-

Procedure

CMP can be prepared by reacting benzene with mesityl oxide to form 4-methyl-4-phenyl-2-pentanone which is then subjected to appropriate hydrogenation.

Workup

customCMP can be prepared

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-c40f64094d564335ae55fc96f9631557
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1977_02
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04009253

Reaction notes

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