3037. Di-tert-butyl Succinate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 926-26-1
Butanedioic acid bis(1,1-dimethylethyl) ester; succinic acid di-tert-butyl ester.
C12H22O4; mol wt 230.30.
C 62.58%, H 9.63%, O 27.79%.

Description and references

Prepd from succinic acid, liq isobutylene, and sulfuric acid in dioxane: McCloskey et al., Org. Synth. coll. vol. IV, 263 (1963).

Chemical structure

Properties

Liquid, mp 36-37°. bp9 109-110°; bp7 105-107°.

Use

In Stobbe condensation of ketones.