Isopropyl acetate

The Uses of Isopropyl acetate

Isopropyl acetate is used as a solvent for nitrocellulose, plastics, oils, and fats, and as a flavoring agent. Isopropyl Acetate is a widely used chemical solvent in organic and industrial syntheses. Also used in the dissolution of gallstones. Environmental contaminants; Food contaminants.

The Uses of Isopropyl acetate

SOCl2 (20 mL) was added to the SM (2.50 g, 8.47 mmol) and the mixture was refluxed for 16 h. The volatiles were removed in vacuo and the mixture was azeotroped with toluene (3 x 50 mL) to give a gum. To the crude mixture was added 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran (20 mL), followed by TEA (2.36 mL, 17 mmol) and the amine (907 mg, 10.2 mmol). The mixture was stirred at RT for 2 h, quenched with sat aq NaHCO3 (20 mL), and extracted with EtOAc (2 x 20 mL). The combined organics were washed with 10% aq citric acid (20 mL) and concentrated in vacuo to give a gum. The crude was triturated in ether to provide to product as a white solid. [2.32 g, 75%]