Water → 4-Isobutyl-dihydro-furan-2-one

HRID 722901Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 722901 reaction equation
[H-].[Na+].C([O:7][C:8](=[O:18])[CH2:9][CH:10]([CH2:14][CH:15]([CH3:17])[CH3:16])[C:11](O)=O)(C)(C)C.O>C1COCC1>[CH2:14]([CH:10]1[CH2:11][O:18][C:8](=[O:7])[CH2:9]1)[CH:15]([CH3:16])[CH3:17]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 962WaterHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 99427122-Isobutyl-succinic acid-4-t-butyl ester

Product 1

HCID 152136444-Isobutyl-dihydro-furan-2-oneYield 104.9%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent2×

Procedure

Triethyl phosphonoacetate (1.13 mL, 5.70 mmol) was added dropwise to a stirring suspension of sodium hydride (0.22 g of a 60% dispersion in oil, 5.43 mmol) in THF (15 mL) at 0° C. under argon. After 20 minutes, ketone 3 (0.75 g, 5.43 mmol) in THF (6 mL) was added dropwise. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 16 hours. Water (5 mL) was added, and the mixture was extracted with ether (15 mL×3). The combined organic fractions were washed with brine and dried (MgSO4). The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was chromatographed (SiO2, heptane/ethyl acetate, 95:5) to give the ester 4 (0.81 g, 72%) as a colorless oil; Rf(heptane/ethyl acetate, 8:2) 0.66; νmax(film)/cm−1 1715 (C═O), 1652 (C═C); δH (400 MHz; CDCl3): 5.80 (1H, quint, J=2.2, CHCO2Et), 4.15 (2H, q, J=7.1, CO2CH2Me), 2.79 (1H, dd, J=19.5, 8.1), 2.69 (1H, ddt, J=19.8, 7.3, 2.3), 2.47 (1H, dd, J=17.3, 7.2), 2.34 (1H, ddt, J=17.3, 5.6, 1.8), 2.14 (1H, m), 2.02 (1H, m), 1.60–1.22 (8H, m); m/z (ES+) 209 (M+H, 57%), 455 (2M+K, 67).

Workup

  1. extractionthe mixture was extracted with ether (15 mL×3)
  2. washThe combined organic fractions were washed with brine
  3. dry with materialdried (MgSO4)
  4. customThe solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure
  5. customThe residue was chromatographed (SiO2, heptane/ethyl acetate, 95:5)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-528ff419b06b4fb2be2909090e8c2cb6
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_11
Patent number
US07138542B2

Reaction notes

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