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Ethyl benzoylacetate

technical grade, 90%

Synonym(s):

Benzoylacetic acid ethyl ester, Ethyl 3-oxo-3-phenylpropionate

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
C6H5COCH2COOC2H5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
192.21
Beilstein:
389944
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

technical grade

Quality Level

vapor density

6.6 (vs air)

Assay

90%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.52 (lit.)

bp

265-270 °C (lit.)

solubility

alcohol: miscible
diethyl ether: miscible
water: insoluble

density

1.11 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCOC(=O)CC(=O)c1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C11H12O3/c1-2-14-11(13)8-10(12)9-6-4-3-5-7-9/h3-7H,2,8H2,1H3

InChI key

GKKZMYDNDDMXSE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Ethyl benzoylacetate is an ester. It undergoes microbial reduction by bakers′ yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Beauveria sulfurescens or Geotrichum candidum to afford ethyl (S)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropionate. It undergoes Claisen condensation reaction with malononitrile to afford 2-cyano-5-phenyl-3,5-dioxopentanonitrile which on cyclization followed by coupling with diazonium salts yields azo derivatives.

Application

Ethyl benzoylacetate was sed in the preparation of:
  • triazipinones
  • ethyl 2-fluoro-2-benzolyacetate
  • 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine antibiotic essramycin
  • benzo[c]furan-4,7-diones
  • iodonium ylides

Packaging

Packaged in glass bottles

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

284.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

140 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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A short synthesis of the 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine antibiotic essramycin is described involving condensation of aminoguanidine with ethyl benzoylacetate to give an amino-1,2,4-triazole, followed by condensation with ethyl acetoacetate to form the pyrimidone ring.
Kuang-Po Chen et al.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 7(19), 4074-4081 (2009-09-19)
A manganese(III)-mediated reaction between 2-benzoyl-1,4-benzoquinones and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds that produces benzo[c]furan-4,7-diones and anthracene-1,4-diones with high chemoselectivity is described. With ethyl butyrylacetate, by changing the solvent, benzo[c]furan-4,7-diones and anthracene-1,4-diones can be generated in high chemoselectivities. With ethyl benzoylacetate, N ,N-dimethyl acetoacetamide
Tsugio Kitamura et al.
Organic letters, 13(9), 2392-2394 (2011-04-09)
A simple, practical, and convenient fluorination of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds was achieved by direct use of aqueous hydrofluoric acid and iodosylbenzene (PhIO). The reaction of ethyl benzoylacetate with the reagent system of aqueous HF and PhIO in CH(2)Cl(2) gave ethyl 2-fluoro-2-benzolyacetate

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