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tert-Butyl acetoacetate

Catalog No. A11115 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 1694-31-1 Website
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SYNONYMS

Title
乙酰乙酸叔丁酯
IUPAC name
tert-butyl 3-oxobutanoate
IUPAC Traditional name
tert-butyl 3-oxobutanoate
Synonyms
Acetoacetic acid tert-butyl ester

DATABASE IDS

Beilstein Number 1680303
CAS Number 1694-31-1
MDL Number MFCD00008811
EC Number 216-904-5

PROPERTIES

Purity 98+%
Boiling Point 71-72°C/11mm
Density 0.961
Flash Point 76°C(169°F)
Melting Point -38°C
Refractive Index 1.4200
GHS Hazard statements H227
GHS Precautionary statements P210-P280-P370+P378A-P403+P235-P501A
TSCA Listed

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REFERENCES

  • Alternative to Ethyl acetoacetate, A12544, allowing decarboxylative cleavage of the ester group by acid catalyzed thermolysis, as in a general synthesis of ɑ?-unsaturated ketones: Acta Chem. Scand., 17, 2216 (1963). Application in the synthesis of acyloins: Arkiv. Chem., 17, 457 (1961); levulinic acids and δ-keto nitriles: Acta Chem. Scand., 16, 1191, 1324 (1962). Alkylation, NBS bromination and decarboxylative cleavage provide a sequence for the regiospecific synthesis of ɑ-bromo ketones: Synth. Commun., 25, 1045 (1995).
  • The dimetallated species reacts selectively with electrophiles at the 4-position: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 96, 1082 (1974); J. Org. Chem., 43, 788 (1978).