Dichloromethane → 4-Cyano-2,2-dimethylbutanoic acid

HRID 874978Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 874978 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]([CH3:9])([CH:7]=[O:8])[CH2:3][CH2:4][C:5]#[N:6].[O-:10][Mn](=O)(=O)=O.[K+].C(Cl)Cl>CC(O)(C)C>[C:5]([CH2:4][CH2:3][C:2]([CH3:9])([CH3:1])[C:7]([OH:10])=[O:8])#[N:6]

Participants

5

Conditions

Temperature
0 °C

Procedure

A solution of 4,4-dimethyl-5-oxopentanenitrile (1.0 g, 7.98 mmol) in t-BuOH (2 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and 5% aqueous NaH2PO4 solution (11 mL) was added dropwise. 1M KMnO4 solution (16 mL) was added dropwise to the reaction mixture at 0° C. followed by few drops of CH2Cl2 (0.5 mL). The reaction mixture was allowed to stir at 0° C. for 1 h, and quenched with sodium sulfite. 1.5N HCl was then added to adjust the pH of the solution to ˜3. The organic product was extracted with EtOAc and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Solvent was removed under reduced pressure to get 4-cyano-2,2-dimethylbutanoic acid (0.9 g, crude), which was carried through without further purification. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 5.55 (br s, 1H), 2.43-2.37 (m, 2H), 1.99-1.94 (m, 2H), 1.28-1.27 (m, 6H).

Workup

  1. customquenched with sodium sulfite
  2. addition1.5N HCl was then added
  3. extractionThe organic product was extracted with EtOAc
  4. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
  5. customSolvent was removed under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7c86372f4f9b4410bc6bf350bf4a15fb
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_03
Patent number
US08981084B2

Reaction notes

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