Process for the manufacture of 2-hydroxy-3-methylcyclopent-2-ene-1-one
OwnerGlen Francis Cruminventor
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Abstract
A process for the manufacture of 2-hydroxy-3-methylcyclopent-2-ene-1-one, in which an ester of alpha-methyl glutaric acid and an ester of oxalic acid react in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of an alkali metal alkoxide to form an intermediate compound which, after removal of said polar aprotic solvent and alcohols formed in the reaction, is hydrolyzed and decarboxylated to form said 2-hydroxy-3-methycyclopent-2-ene-1-one.
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A process for the manufacture of 2-hydroxy-3-methylcyclopent-2-ene-1-one, comprising reacting an ester of alpha-methyl glutaric acid and an ester of oxalic acid in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of an alkali metal alkoxide to form an intermediate compound, removing said polar aprotic solvent and alcohols formed in the reaction, and hydrolyzing and decarboxylating said intermediate to form said 2-hydroxy-3-methylcyclopent-2-ene-1-one, the process being carried out without a step of alkylating said intermediate.
A process for the manufacture of 2-hydroxy-3-methylcyclopent-2-ene-1-one consisting essentially of reacting an ester of alpha-methyl glutaric acid and an ester of oxalic acid in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of an alkali metal alkoxide to form an intermediate compound, removing said polar aprotic solvent and alcohols formed in the reaction, and hydrolyzing and decarboxylating said intermediate to form said 2-hydroxy-3-methylcyclopent-2-ene-1-one.
A process for the manufacture of 2-hydroxy-3-methylcyclopent-2-ene-1-one comprising a condensation reaction between a lower alkyl ester of .alpha.--methyl glutarate and a lower alkyl ester of oxalic acid to form an intermediate, followed by a step of converting the intermediate to said 2-hydroxy-3-methylcyclopent-2-ene-1-one.
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