Ethyl Acetate → 1-Tert-butyl 7-ethyl 2-acetylheptanedioate

HRID 860407Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 860407 reaction equation
[O:1]=[C:2]([CH3:11])[CH2:3][C:4]([O:6][C:7]([CH3:10])([CH3:9])[CH3:8])=[O:5].[H-].[Na+].I[CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][C:19]([O:21][CH2:22][CH3:23])=[O:20].C(OCC)(=O)C>O1CCCC1.O>[C:2]([CH:3]([CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][C:19]([O:21][CH2:22][CH3:23])=[O:20])[C:4]([O:6][C:7]([CH3:10])([CH3:9])[CH3:8])=[O:5])(=[O:1])[CH3:11]

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 8857Ethyl AcetateHCID 15538Tert-butyl acetoacetateHCID 24758Sodium hydrideHCID 4169827Ethyl 5-iodopentanoate

Product 1

HCID 574812961-Tert-butyl 7-ethyl 2-acetylheptanedioateYield 75.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 962WaterSolventHCID 8028TetrahydrofuranSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of tert-butyl 3-oxobutanoate (20.0 g) in tetrahydrofuran (200 mL) was added 60% sodium hydride in oil (5.56 g) portionwise over 20 minutes in an ice-water bath under N2. After 40 minutes, to the mixture was added ethyl 5-iodopentanoate (35.6 g) at the temperature. After 15 minutes, the mixture was stirred at ambient temperature. After 1 hour, the reaction mixture was heated at 50° C. for 24 hours. The cooled mixture was partitined between ethyl acetate and water. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layer was washed with water and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash silica gel chromatography (silica gel, 1 L) eluting with hexane-ethyl acetate=50-1, 20-1, 10-1, and 8-1 to give 1-tert-butyl 7-ethyl 2-acetylheptanedioate (27.3 g, 75.4%) as colorless oil.

Workup

  1. waitAfter 15 minutes
  2. waitAfter 1 hour
  3. temperaturethe reaction mixture was heated at 50° C. for 24 hours
  4. extractionThe aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate
  5. washThe combined organic layer was washed with water and brine
  6. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  7. customevaporated in vacuo
  8. customThe residue was purified by flash silica gel chromatography (silica gel, 1 L)
  9. washeluting with hexane-ethyl acetate=50-1, 20-1, 10-1, and 8-1

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7c50cc47d04b4d559d3b26a048a1c7eb
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_12
Patent number
US07153854B2

Reaction notes

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