Journal of the American Chemical Society

Preparation of Ethyl β-Benzylaminopropionate and Benzyl-di-(β-carbethoxyethyl)-amine

G Stork, SM McElvain

Index: Stork; McElvain Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1947 , vol. 69, p. 971

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Citation Number: 22

Abstract

2-Methyl-2, 4-pentanediol recently has become a cheap commercial compound. The sole ester derivative reported in the literature, though, is the diacetate, prepared from acetic anhydride at reflux. 2 An interest in the esters as solvents and plasticizers led us to the preparation of some aliphatic monoesters and diesters, and a dibenzoate. The data on these compounds are given in Table I. The structures of the monoesters were not de-t ermined. ...