Potassium ethyl oxalate

Naturally ethyl potassium oxalate cannot react in accordance with the scheme of the Ilrown and Walker s syntheses. When it was electrolyzed both investigators2 observed the presence of ethylene. This unsaturated hydrocarbon was very likely derived from the-enter group. 

From these experiments it would appear that unsaturated acids form no synthetic products on electrolysis, and the aromatic acids—phthalic acid and bensyl-malonic acid—conduct themselves in a similar manner. Finally may be mentioned the electrolysis of ethyl-potassium oxalate, which yielded ethylene in addition to carbon dioxide. 

Potassium 4-chloro-3,5-dinitrobenzene-sulfonate, 31, 46 Potassium cyanate, 31, 9 Potassium cyanide, 30,84 32,31,63 37,47 Potassium ethyl malonate, 37, 34 Potassium ethyl xanthate, 30, 56 Potassium fluoride, 36, 40 Potassium iodide, 30, 34 31, 31, 66 Potassium metal, 37, 29, 30 Potassium methyl sulfate, 31, 73 Potassium nitrate, 31, 46 Potassium 1-nitropropylnitronate, 37, 24 Potassium oxalate, 34, 83 Potassium permanganate, 30, 87 31, 59 Potassium sulfide, 32, 103 Potassium thiobenzoate, 32, 101 Potassium thiocyanate, 32, 39, 40 Prins reaction, 33, 72 Propane, 1, 3-dibromo-2, 2-Ws-(bromo-methyl)-, 31, 82... 

A mixture of 400 g. (0.95 mole) of powdered a,a,a, a -tetrabromo-o-xylene (p. 269), 360 g. of powdered potassium oxalate, 2.5 1. of water, and 2.5 1. of ethanol is heated under reflux for 40 hours. The resulting clear solution is distilled until 2.1 1. of ethanol has been collected. The distillate may be redistilled to collect a small amount of phthalaldehyde coming over with it. To the combined residues is added 700 g. of sodium phosphate. The mixture is steam-distilled, and the ethanol coming over first is collected separately and added to another batch. About 10 1. of distillate is collected it is saturated with sodium sulfate and extracted thoroughly with acid-free ethyl acetate. The extracts are dried over sodium sulfate, and the solvent is removed by distillation through a column. The residue is recrystallized from petroleum ethet to give a 90% yield of phthalaldehyde, m.p. 56 6.5 . 

Potassium cyanide, Potassium dichromate Potassium ethyl xanthate Potassium oxalate Potassium perchlorate Potassium permanganate Potassium persulfate Potassium sodium tartrate Potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate Potassium sulfate... 

Ethyl oxalylsuccinate has been prepared by the condensation of ethyl oxalate with ethyl succinate in the presence of sodium ethoxide or of potassium ethoxide. The method described above is somewhat more convenient, and has given a higher yield of a better product, than one based upon sodium ethoxide, submitted by A. E. Martell and R. M. Herbst. 

Muconic acid has been obtained in a variety of ways. The procedures that seem most important from a preparative point of view are by treatment of ethyl o ,5-dibromoadipate with alcoholic potassium hydroxide, by condensation of glyoxal (as the sodium bisulfite addition product) with malonic acid, by heating ethyl l-acetoxy-l,4-dihydromuconate (obtained by condensing ethyl oxalate and ethyl crotonate, acetylating, and reducing),and by oxidation of phenol with peracetic acid. ... 

Synthesis of 9-oxo-11 CH,1 Sol-bis-(2-tetrahydropyranytoxy)-16,16-dimethyl-prosta-trans-2, trans-13-dienoicacid 4gof ethyl 9a-hydroxy-1 la,1 5a-bis-(2-tetrahydropyranyloxy )-16,16-dimethyl-prosta-trans-2,trans-13-dienoate were dissolved In 130 ml of a mixture of ethanol-water (3 1), mixed with 3.9 g of potassium hydroxide and stirred at 25°C for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was acidified with aqueous solution of oxalic acid to pH 5, and diluted with 100 ml of water, extracted with ethyl acetate. The extracts were washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain 3,88 g of 90 -hydroxy-11a,15a-bis-(2-tetrahydropyranyloxy)-16,16-dimethyl-prosta-trans-2,trans-13-dienoic acid. 

Ethyl o-nitrophenylpyruvate and o-nitrophenylpyruvic acid 14-21 have been prepared by condensation of o-nitrotoluene with diethyl oxalate in the presence of potassium ethoxide,4 14 sodium ethoxide,16-20 or sodium methoxide.21 Sodium ethoxide is less reactive, however, and cannot be substituted successfully for potassium ethoxide in the present procedure, as it gives a very poor yield and poor quality of precipitated sodium salt. With sodium ethoxide the reaction does not appear to go to completion even under the conditions of refluxing ethanol usually employed,16-21 which are considerably more severe than the room temperature conditions employed with potassium ethoxide in the present procedure. o-Nitrophenylpyruvic add has also been prepared by hydrochloric acid hydrolysis of o-nitro-a-acetamino-dnnamic azlactone.4... 

Ethylene carbonate, reaction with potassium thiocyanate, 42, 59 Ethylene sulfide, 42, S9 Ethyl formate, reaction with cyclo-hexylamine, 41, 14 Ethyl- -hexylamine, 43, 47 5-(2-Ethylhexyl)-l,2,3,4,5-pentachloro-cyclopentadiene, 43, 93 Ethylhydrazinium hydrogen oxalate,... 

Catalysis by metal ions has also been demonstrated in the hydrolysis of esters containing an a- or /I-carboxylate ion. The alkaline hydrolysis of potassium ethyl oxalate and potassium ethyl malonate is catalyzed by calcium, barium, hexaamino-cobalt(III), and thallous ion, in that order (22). The oxalate ester is catalyzed to a greater extent than the malonate ester, which in turn is more susceptible to catalysis by metal ion than the corresponding adipate ester. Alkali metal ions, on... 

A solution of N-methyl-lH-indole-5-ethanesulphonamide (1.0 g) in methanol (50 ml) containing potassium hydroxide (5.6 g) and N-methyl-4-piperidone (1.0 ml) was heated at reflux for 24 h, cooled, and the resulting solid filtered off (1.0 g). A sample of the solid (0.2 g) was dissolved in a hot methanolic solution of oxalic acid (0.06 g), the solution cooled, and the salt precipitated by adding ethyl acetate (20 ml) and dry ether (50 ml). The salt was filtered off, and dried in vacuo to give the title compound as a solid (0.12 g), m.p. 87°-90°C (shrinks). 

Potassium ethyl oxalate (MeOH) Butadiene Diethyl 3,7-decadiene-l,10-dicarboxylate7 7 (40%) ... 

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