Methyl propiolate was used in the synthesis of polysubstituted 3-arylaminoacrylate and tetrahydropyrimidin-2-one derivatives. It was also used as a thiol derivatizing agent for capillary electrophoresis.
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Applications
Methyl propiolate was used in the synthesis of polysubstituted 3-arylaminoacrylate and tetrahydropyrimidin-2-one derivatives. It was also used as a thiol derivatizing agent for capillary electrophoresis.
Solubility
Not miscible in water.
Notes
Stable under recommended storage conditions. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
Eirini-Chrysanthi Tsardaka; Constantinos K.Zacharis; Paraskevas D.Tzanavaras; Anastasia Zotou. Determination of glutathione in baker’s yeast by capillary electrophoresis using methyl propiolate as derivatizing reagent. Journal of chromatography. A 2013, 1300, 204-208
Thomas G.Back; M.Vijaya Krishna. Free-radical additions of diselenides to dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, methyl propiolate and dimethyl maleate. J. Org. Chem. 1988, 53, (11),2533-2536
For the conjugate addition of nitro-compounds, catalyzed by F-, see Nitroethane, A10855. For further reactions of propiolate esters, see Ethyl propiolate, A15068.