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HRID 649342Generated: October 29, 2026

Pinacolone → methyl 5,5-dimethyl-2,4-dioxohexanoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPinacoloneHCID 6416—
ReactantDimethyl oxalateHCID 11120—
Productmethyl 5,5-dimethyl-2,4-dioxohexanoateHCID 4016750—

Reaction Steps

When a mixture, heated to 50° C., of pinacolin and oxalic acid dimethyl ester was added and the procedure was otherwise the same as in Example 6, a amount of 166.7 g of pivaloylpyruvic acid methyl ester (89% of the theoretical yield) were obtained. Purity: 99.3%.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04739104
Source datasetuspto-grants-1988_04
ORD IDord-c1bc1e890966421ea264ff069b04b647
Source noteuspto-grants-1988_04