The major producers of chemicals have been the Europe, Japan and China. Due to the growing call for a cleaner, greener environment, people will have to find innovative ways to maintain their relevance. Here is a compound 39590-81-3, name is 1,1-Bis(Hydroxymethyl)cyclopropane. This compound has unique chemical properties. The synthetic route is as follows. 39590-81-3
1,1-Cyclopropanedimethanol (1.02 g; 10 mmol) is dissolved in dimethylformamide (20 ml; dried over a molecular sieve) and, after addition of potassium tert-butylate (1.14 g, 10 mmol), the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction mixture is then cooled to 0-5 C. and a solution of rmethyl iodide (0.63 ml; 10 mmol) in dimethylformamide (5 ml; dried over a molecular sieve) is then added dropwise. After stirring at this temperature for 50 minutes, the reaction mixture is poured on to a mixture of a saturated aqueous NH4Cl solution (100 ml) and diethyl ether (400 ml), while stirring. After separation of the phases, the aqueous phase is re-extracted with diethyl ether (400 ml) and the combined organic phases are washed with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution (2*100 ml), dried over magnesium sulphate, filtered with suction and concentrated. The crude product obtained is chromatographed over silica gel (50 g) with diethyl ether. Yield: 493 mg (39%) (1-methoxymethyl-cyclopropyl)-methanol as a pale yellow oil. NMR (1H, 250 MHz in CDCl3) in ppm: 0.5-0.6 (multiplet, 4H); 3.37 (multiplet, 5H); 3.54 (s,2H)
Statistics shows that 39590-81-3 is playing an increasingly important role. we look forward to future research findings about 1,1-Bis(Hydroxymethyl)cyclopropane.
Reference:
Patent; Basilea Pharmaceutica AG; US6821980; (2004); B1;,
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