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218456

Ethyl 3-methyl-2-oxobutyrate

97%

Synonym(s):

Ethyl dimethylpyruvate, Ketovaline ethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)2CHCOCOOCH2CH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
144.17
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
243-587-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1756668
MDL number:
Assay:
97%
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assay

97%

refractive index

n20/D 1.410 (lit.)

bp

62 °C/11 mmHg (lit.)

density

0.989 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester, ketone

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCOC(=O)C(=O)C(C)C

InChI

1S/C7H12O3/c1-4-10-7(9)6(8)5(2)3/h5H,4H2,1-3H3

InChI key

CKTYYUQUWFEUCO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Ethyl 3-methyl-2-oxobutyrate reacts with a variety of allyl halides in the presence of indium to afford hydroxy unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Conformational behaviour of ethyl 3-methyl-2-oxobutyrate was investigated using solution FTIR in combination with ab initio calculations.

Application

Ethyl 3-methyl-2-oxobutyrate was used in the synthesis of (2SR,4SR)-5(S)-(N-Boc)-amino-6-cyclohexyl-4-hydoxy-2-isopropyl hexanoic acid.


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Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 3

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

109.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

43 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter



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