Ethyl 4-bromocrotonate is an important raw material and intermediate used in Organic Synthesis, Pharmaceuticals, Agrochemicals and Dyestuffs.
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Applications
Ethyl 4-bromocrotonate is an important raw material and intermediate used in Organic Synthesis, Pharmaceuticals, Agrochemicals and Dyestuffs.
Solubility
Insoluble in water.
Notes
Store at 4°C. Incompatible with acids, bases, oxidizing agents, reducing agents. Protect from heat. Store away from strong bases.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- E. Ghera; Y. Ben-David. Reactions of sulfur-containing carbanions with ethyl 4-bromocrotonate. A facile synthesis of cyclopropanecarboxylates. Tetrahedron Letters. 1979, 20 4603-4606.
- Reformatsky-type reactions can occur with or without allylic rearrangement: Liebigs Ann. Chem., 709, 29 (1967); Chem. Lett., 161 (1982); Synthesis, 305 (1990).
- Reacts with sulfur-stabilized carbanions, e.g. from Benzyl phenyl sulfone, L04201, by conjugate addition with concomitant displacement of Br-, to give cyclopropane esters: Tetrahedron Lett., 4603 (1979):