Acetic Acid → Methyl 3-oxo-6-heptenoate

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A solution of allylacetone (40 g; 0.42 mol) in 110 ml of ether was added dropwise to the stirred mixture during about 5 hours. The mixture was allowed to stand overnight at room temperature, and was stirred for 1 hour under refluxing, and then 50 ml of acetic acid was added to the mixture to decompose the unreacted sodium hydride. The reaction mixture was treated by the conventional method and the remained oily material was distilled to obtain 50 g of 3-oxo-6-heptenoic acid methyl ester.

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