A. Neish
Sep 1, 1947
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Canadian journal of research
Abstract
levo-2,3-Butanediol will condense with ethyl acetoacetate in the presence of hydrochloric acid to give the ethyl ester of levo-2,4,5-trimethyl-2-carboxymethyl-1,3-dioxacyclopentane (I) (yield 48%) from which the free acid may be obtained. If p-toluenesulphonic acid is used as the catalyst and the condensation is carried out in boiling butanol with continuous removal of water, the butyl ester of (I) is obtained (yield 87%). Compounds described for the first time are levo-, dl-, and meso-2,4,5-trimethyl-2-carboxymethyl-1,3-dioxacyclopentanes, their n-butyl and p-bromophenacyl esters (melting points 74.5°, 76°, and 76 °C., respectively) and the ethyl ester of the levo-isomer.