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 96-35-5, name is Methyl 2-hydroxyacetate. This compound has unique chemical properties. The synthetic route is as follows. Quality Control of Methyl 2-hydroxyacetate
[00382] Step A: Preparation of 4-oxotetrahvdrofuran-3-carbonitrile: To a suspension of KOtBu (996.6 mg, 8.881 mmol) in THF (640.4 mg, 8.881 mmol) cooled to 0 C was added dropwise methyl 2-hydroxyacetate (675.7 iL, 8.881 mmol) and stirred for 10 minutes. The acrylonitrile (589.1 mu, 8.881 mmol) was then added and the reaction stirred at ambient temperature. After 3 hours, the reaction was diluted with H20 (50 mL), then extracted with Et20 (25 mL) to remove any starting ester. The basic aqueous phase was acidified with 2M HC1 (5 mL), then extracted with Et20 (2 x 50 mL). The combined organic phases were dried with MgS04, filtered, and concentrated to afford a light brown oil (446 mg, 45.2% yield). 1H NMR (CDC13) delta 4.63 (t, 1H), 4.24 (t, 1H), 4.14 (d, 1H), 4.02 (d, 1H), 3.57 (t, 1H).
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Reference:
Patent; ARRAY BIOPHARMA INC.; BRANDHUBER, Barbara, J.; JIANG, Yutong; KOLAKOWSKI, Gabrielle, R.; WINSKI, Shannon, L.; WO2014/78322; (2014); A1;,
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