Propionic Acid → HCID 14786682, compound

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In a 3 l flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer and a condenser, kept under nitrogen, a mixture of triethylorthoacetate (1117.8 g), propionic acid (2.3 g) and 2-methyl-2-buten-1-ol (59.3 g) was heated at 118° for 72 h in order to distil the ethanol gradually as it was formed. The excess of triethylorthoacetate was recovered and the distillation was completed under reduced pressure. The raw product thus obtained (69.0 g) contained around 80% of the desired pentenoate. Purification on a Fischer column yielded 43.7 g (41%) of ethyl 3,4-dimethyl-4-pentenoate.

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