Some common heterocyclic compound, 59997-51-2, name is 4,4-Dimethyl-3-oxopentanenitrile, molecular formula is C7H11NO, traditional synthetic route has been very mature, but the traditional synthetic route has various shortcomings, such as complicated route, low yield, poor purity, etc, below Introduce a new synthetic route. Quality Control of 4,4-Dimethyl-3-oxopentanenitrile
(4) Synthesis of Intermediate (d)Water (128 mL) was added to 50 g (357 mmol) of Intermediate (c), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature. To this suspension, 98.2 g (785 mmol) of pivaloylacetonitrile was added, and aqueous 12 M hydrochloric acid was added dropwise at the same temperature to adjust the pH to 3. Thereafter, the resulting mixture was heated until the interior temperature became 50 C., and stirred at the same temperature for 6 hours. After the completion of reaction, the reaction solution was neutralized by adding an aqueous 8N potassium hydroxide solution to a pH of 6.4 and then cooled by ice cooling until the internal temperature became 10 C. The precipitated crystal was collected by filtration and spray-washed with water, and the obtained crystal was dried at 60 C. under reduced pressure. To the obtained crude product, 30 mL of toluene was added, and the mixture was dissolved under heating at 60 C. The resulting solution was left standing still at room temperature for 12 hours, and the precipitated crystal was collected by filtration, spray-washed with cooled toluene and dried at 60 C. under reduced pressure to obtain 87.7 g of Intermediate (d) (white powder, yield: 69.3%). The NMR measurement results of Intermediate (d) obtained are as follows. 1H NMR (300 MHz, d-DMSO) 8.74 (s, 1H), 7.99 (s, 1H), 6.87 (s, 4H), 5.35 (s, 2H), 1.24 (s, 18H).
These compound has a wide range of applications. It is believed that with the continuous development of the source of the synthetic route 59997-51-2, its application will become more common.
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