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Ethyl acetoacetate

ReagentPlus®, 99%

Synonym(s):

EAA, Ethyl 3-oxobutanoate, Acetoacetic ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3COCH2COOC2H5
CAS Number:
141-97-9
Molecular Weight:
130.14
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24878213
EC Number:
205-516-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
385838
MDL number:
MFCD00009199

Product Name

Ethyl acetoacetate, ReagentPlus®, 99%

InChI key

XYIBRDXRRQCHLP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H10O3/c1-3-9-6(8)4-5(2)7/h3-4H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

CCOC(=O)CC(C)=O

vapor density

4.48 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 28.5 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

99%

autoignition temp.

580 °F

expl. lim.

9.5 %

bp

181 °C (lit.)

mp

−43 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 130 g/L at 20 °C

density

1.029 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester
ketone

Quality Level

200

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Application

Ethyl acetoacetate is a versatile reagent that can be used as a nucleophile in alkylation, conjugate addition and condensation reactions. Some of its applications are:
  • Alkylation at the α-carbon of ethyl acetoacetate followed by hydrolysis and decarboxylation can afford a variety of methyl ketones.
  • It also undergoes acylation at the α-carbon in the presence of MgCl2 and pyridine to give synthetically important intermediates.
  • It can be used in Knoevenagel condensation with aliphatic, aromatic, and heteroaromatic aldehydes to produce α-alkylideneacetoacetates.

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Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

164.3 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

73.5 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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MKCX1299
0000365285
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Knoevenagel-kondensationen mit titantetrachlorid/base?II: Alkyliden-und arylidenacet-bzw.-nitroessigester bei 0?22?.
Lehnert W
Tetrahedron, 28(3), 663-666 (1972)
Ethyl Acetoacetate.
eEROS (Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis) (2001)
Synthetic Applications of Dealkoxycarbonylations of Malonate Esters, β-Keto Esters, α-Cyano Esters and Related Compounds in Dipolar Aprotic Media-Part II.
Krapcho A P
Synthesis, 1982(11), 893-914 (1982)
Procedures for the acylation of diethyl malonate and ethyl acetoacetate with acid chlorides using tertiary amine bases and magnesium chloride.
Rathke MW and Cowan PJ.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 50(15), 2622-2624 (1985)
Xiao-Ting Wang et al.
Journal of biotechnology, 163(3), 292-300 (2012-11-13)
The biocatalytic anti-Prelog stereoselective reduction of ethyl acetoacetate (EAA) to ethyl (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate {(R)-EHB} was successfully conducted in the aqueous system using immobilized Acetobacter sp. CCTCC M209061 cells. Among various microorganisms tested, Acetobacter sp. CCTCC M209061 gave the best performance and
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