Ethyl acetate, formation

PS-PB-PS = 70.10% M, = 101, 14% Ethyl acetate Formation of worm-like micelles from spherical micelles, associated with cloud point Turbidometry, TEM. SLS Canham et at (1980)... 

Figure 4. Pathway of ethanol utilization and ethyl acetate formation (model).

Using the isolable model alkylcobalt tetracarbonyl, CH3CH2 0(C=0)CH2Co(CO)4, the kinetics of both types of reductions has been determined (164). The rate of ethyl acetate formation is first order in CH3CH2 0(C=0)CH2Co(CO)4 and close to negative first order in carbon monoxide. 

Hara et al. [677] studied the effect of changing the mobile phase composition on the retention of 10 fat-soluble vitamins (e.g., Ini 5-retinol, retinal, ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol, menadione, phylloquinone). A silica column (2 —254nm or 292 nm) was used. The ethyl acetate level in hexane was systematically changed from 5% to 20% and the results were plotted in a Ink vs. percent ethyl acetate format. As expected, when the percent ethyl acetate increased, the overall retention of the analytes decreased. Interesting, however, was the fact that the changes in retention of both menadione and retinal were so different from the other analytes (e.g., a-, P-, y-, and -tocopherol) that reversals in retention order occurred. These data present an excellent basis from which to develop a new method for fat-soluble vitamins. 

Scheme 7 Putative mechanism for the dehydiogcaiative ethyl acetate formation from ethanol...

Acetic acid formation cannot be directly detected via DEMS due to its low vapor pressure, while ethyl acetate formation can be detected (through the m/z = 61 fragment) at high (> 0.5 M) ethanol concentrations. Therefore, acetic acid yields are determined indirectly by calculating the difference between the measured Faradaic current and the partial currents for ethanol oxidation to CO2 and acetaldehyde. This calculation is based on the assumption that only three reaction products, namely CO2, acetaldehyde, and acetic acid, are formed during ethanol oxidation. 

Thus, treatment of frflns-[Pdl2(NH2CH2Ph)2l with two equivalents of AgBp4 in acetone also generates two equivalents of Agl. However, subsequent addition of KI simply regenerates the original iodo-complex. When the reaction was carried out in ethyl acetate, formation of a dimeric, orf/jo-metallated complex occurred. 

As a general guide, however, it may be noted that the following have fairly easily recognisable odours methyl and ethyl formate methyl and ethyl acetate (apples) methyl and ethyl benzoate methyl salicylate (oil of winter-green) and ethyl salicylate methyl and ethyl cinnamate. (It is however usually impracticable to distinguish by odour alone between the methyl and ethyl esters of a particular acid.) Methyl and ethyl o. alate, and methyl and ethyl phthalate are almost odourless. Succinic and tartaric esters have faint odours. 

Ester formation. Add carefully 1 ml. of the liquid to i ml. of ethanol and then warm gently for i minute. Pour into water, make alkaline with aqueous Na2C03 solution (to remove HCl and other acid fumes), and note the odour of ethyl acetate or ethyl benzoate. 

Methyl formate. Ethyl formate Methyl acetate Iso-propyl formate Ethyl acetate Methyl propionate "-Propyl formate Iso-propyl acetate Methyl iso-butyrate Iso-butyl formate. Ethyl propionate M-Propyl acetate. Methyl butyrate. ... 

The formation of ethyl acetoacetate is an example of a general reaction knowu as the acetoacetlc ester condensation in which an ester having hydrogen on the a-carbon atom condenses with a second molecule of the same ester or with another ester (which may or may not have hydrogen on the a-carbon atom) in the presence of a basic catalyst (sodium, sodium ethoxide, sodamide, sodium triphenylmethide) to form a p-keto-ester. The mechanism of the reaction may be illustrated by the condensation of ethyl acetate with another molecule of ethyl acetate by means of sodium ethoxide. ... 

Only esters containing two a-hydrogen atoms (ethyl acetate, propionate, n-butyrate, etc.) can be condensed with the aid of sodium alkoxides. For esters with one a-hydrogen atom, such as ethyl tsobutyrate, the more powerful base sodium triphenylmethide PhaC Na leads to condensation with the formation of ethyl a-tsobutyrylisobutyrate ... 

The formation of acyloins (a-hydroxyketones of the general formula RCH(OH)COR, where R is an aliphatic residue) proceeds best by reaction between finely-divided sodium (2 atoms) and esters of aliphatic acids (1 mol) in anhydrous ether or in anhydrous benzene with exclusion of oxygen salts of enediols are produced, which are converted by hydrolysis into acyloins. The yield of acetoin from ethyl acetate is low (ca. 23 per cent, in ether) owing to the accompanying acetoacetic ester condensation the latter reaction is favoured when the ester is used as the solvent. Ethyl propionate and ethyl ji-butyrate give yields of 52 per cent, of propionoin and 72 per cent, of butyroin respectively in ether. 

Ghlorohydrination with Nonaqueous Hypochlorous Acid. Because the presence of chloride ions has been shown to promote the formation of the dichloro by-product, it is desirable to perform the chlorohydrination in the absence of chloride ion. For this reason, methods have been reported to produce hypochlorous acid solutions free of chloride ions. A patented method (48) involves the extraction of hypochlorous acid with solvents such as methyl ethyl ketone [78-93-3J, acetonitrile, and ethyl acetate [141-78-6J. In one example hypochlorous acid was extracted from an aqueous brine with methyl ethyl ketone in a 98.9% yield based on the chlorine used. However, when propylene reacted with a 1 Af solution of hypochlorous acid in either methyl ethyl ketone or ethyl acetate, chlorohydrin yields of only 60—70% were obtained (10). 

Esters of medium volatility are capable of removing the water formed by distillation. Examples are propyl, butyl, and amyl formates, ethyl, propyl, butyl, and amyl acetates, and the methyl and ethyl esters of propionic, butyric, and valeric acids. In some cases, ternary azeotropic mixtures of alcohol, ester, and water are formed. This group is capable of further subdivision with ethyl acetate, all of the ester is removed as a vapor mixture with alcohol and part of the water, while the balance of the water accumulates in the system. With butyl acetate, on the other hand, all of the water formed is removed overhead with part of the ester and alcohol, and the balance of the ester accumulates as a high boiler in the system. 

It should be noted that, due to the strong polarity of the hydroxyl groups on the silica, the initial adsorption of the ethyl acetate on the silica surface is extremely rapid. The individual isotherms for the two adsorbed layers of ethyl acetate are shown in Figure 8. The two curves, although similar in form, are quite different in magnitude. The first layer, which is very strongly held, is complete when the concentration of ethyl acetate is only about l%w/w. At concentrations in excess of l%w/w, the second layer is only just being formed. The formation of the second layer is much slower and the interactions between the solvent molecules with those already adsorbed on the surface are much weaker. 

Assuming that the total area covered by the first layer will be the same as the area covered by the second layer, then only about onethird of the layer is complete at a concentration of about 4%w/v. This is in striking contrast to the formation of the first layer which is virtually complete at an ethyl acetate concentration of l%w/v. 

In a situation where severe steric hindrance e.g., 16,16-dimethyl-20-keto-pregnanes) prevents enol acetate formation, an alternate scheme has been devised. Condensation of ethyl oxalate at C-21 produces, after hydrolysis, the 21-glyoxylic acid this on treatment with acetic anhydride and a strong acid catalyst such as perchloric acid gives both lactone acetates. 

The formation of ethyl acetoacetate occurs, according- to Claisen, in four steps. The presence of a small quantity of alcohol gives lise to sodium ethylate, which forms an additive compound with ethyl acetate. The latter unites with a second molecule of ethyl acetate yielding the sodium salt of ethyl acetoacetate, and splitting off alcohol, which reacts with fresh metallic sodium. The sodium salt on acidifying passes into the tautomeric (ketonic) form of acetoacetic ester. 

It was reported that the Niemeiitowski synthesis of 4-hydroxy-3-iiitro-7-pheiiyl-l,8-iiaphthyridiii-2(lH)-oiie (25) from ethyl 2-amiiio-6-pheiiyhii-cotiiiate (23) and ethyl nitroacetate (24) in the presence of sodium was unsuccessful, producing only traces of (25), while condensation of ethyl 2-amino-6-phenylnicotinate (23) with the less reactive ethyl acetate resulted in the formation of 4-hydroxy-7-phenyl-l,8-naphthyridin-2(lH)-one in good yield [66JCS(C)315]. It seems that the more reactive nitroacetate tends to precipitate rapidly from the reaction mixture as its sodio derivative, which explains the low yield of (25). 

While Kakisawa et al. (87TL3981) reported formation of Wmethylpyrazole 1, Yamaguchi et al. obtained the NH derivative 2 by reaction of caryoynencins with diazomethane in ethyl acetate at 0°C (94BSJ1717 95JMC5015). The 1,3-dipolar addition was quite sensitive to the solvent employed, and a very low yield of pyrazole derivative 2 was obtained in ether or methanol (Scheme 5). 

Anschutz 1 treated aceto-salicylic chloride with sodium-malonic ester, with the formation of ethyl acetate and y3-hydroxy-coumarin-alpha-car-hoxylic ethyl ester—... 

Appropriate choice of catalyst permitted formation of either of two dihydro derivatives of mevinolin in high yield (67). Hydrogenation of mevinolin over platinum oxide in ethyl acetate gave the tetrahydro derivative as a 1 3 mixture of CIS- and rrd 5-decalin isomers. 

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