In the title compound, [Al(C(5)H(7)O(3))(3)], three acac-type ligands (methyl 3-oxobutanoate anions) chelate to the aluminium(III) cation in a slightly distorted AlO(6) octa-hedral coordination geometry. Electron delocalization occurs within the chelating rings.

We investigated the formation of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-pyrrole and subsequent color development used in determining ALA in urine. Of three condensation reagents examined--acetylacetone, ethyl acetoacetate, and methyl acetoacetate--the last was the best. When the ALA-pyrrole is reacted with Ehrlich's reagent in ethyl acetate according to one procedure, the optimum concentration of perc...

An efficient synthesis of polyhydroquinoline derivatives was reported via four-component coupling reactions of aldehydes, 1,3-dicarbonyl ketones (dimedone or 1,3-cyclohexanedione), ethyl acetoacetate or methyl acetoacetate and ammonium acetate in the presence of a catalytic amount of nanocrystalline TiO2 under solvent free conditions. The reported method is mild, rapid and has the advantages su...

Water is a versatile solvent in many ways, and in this sense performing organic reactions in this medium is now of great interest. The one-pot reaction of ethyl acetoacetate or benzyl acetoacetate, with benzaldehydes and malononitrile to provide some novel 6-amino-4-aryl-5-cyano-2-methyl-4H-pyran-3-carboxylates has been performed over nano MgO with high performance in water as a green solvent a...

A mixture of (E,Z)-isomers of methyl 12-trishomofarnesoate (methyl 3,7,11-trimethyl-2,6,10-pentadecatrienoate), a juvenile hormone mimic, was synthesized in nine steps (32.6% overall yield) by starting from only four commercially available materials: 2-hexanone, vinylmagnesium bromide, methyl acetoacetate and trimethyl phosphonoacetate. The mimic is useful in increasing the yield of silk by elo...

The lipase-catalysed transesterification reaction of methyl acetoacetate in toluene as a solvent has been studied using carefully controlled conditions. Results suggest that microwave heating does not have a noticeable effect on reaction rate or product conversion.

different procedures for the syntheses of the title compounds were investigated. the best method for the preparation of the title compounds were the reaction of the readily available 2-formyl-1-methyl-5-nitroimidazole2- substituted-4-formylthiazoles with alkyl acetoacetate and alkyl aminocrotonate in boiling alcohol.