128040-89-1

Basic information

• Product Name: 3-Benzoyl-4,4-dimethyl-pentanoic acid ethyl ester
• Synonyms: 3-Benzoyl-4,4-dimethyl-pentanoic acid ethyl ester
• CAS NO: 128040-89-1
• Molecular Weight: 262.349
• Mol File: 128040-89-1.mol
• Article Data: 2

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: 3-Benzoyl-4,4-dimethyl-pentanoic acid ethyl ester(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 3-Benzoyl-4,4-dimethyl-pentanoic acid ethyl ester(128040-89-1)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 3-Benzoyl-4,4-dimethyl-pentanoic acid ethyl ester(128040-89-1)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 128040-89-1(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 15121-89-8 ethyl 3-benzoyl acrylate 
• 38442-51-2 tert-butylmercury chloride 

Relevant articles and documents

Reductive alkylation of electronegatively-substituted alkenes by alkylmercury halides

Photolysis of alkylmercury halides in the presence of electronegatively-substituted 1-alkenes yields adduct radicals [RCH2CH(EWG).] that in some cases react with RHgX to form RCH2CH(HgX)(EWG), e.g., EWG = (EtO)2PO or PhSO2. When the EWG is carbonyl or cyano, the resonance stabilized adduct radicals fail to react with the alkyl mercury halide. In these cases photolysis with RHgCl/KI in Me2SO leads to the adduct mercurial via reaction of the adduct radicals with RHgI2-. The reactions of tertiary-enolyl adduct radicals are inefficient with RHgX/KI, and disproportionation of the adduct radicals is the major reaction pathway. For secondary- or tertiary-adduct radicals the reductive alkylation products are formed in excellent yield by reaction with RHgCl and silyl hydrides in Me2SO solution in a process postulated to involve RHgH as an intermediate. The relative reactivities of a number of α,β-unsaturated systems toward t-Bu. have been measured by competitive techniques. The results demonstrate a high reactivity of s-cis enones relative to the s-trans conformers.