Organic Chemistry
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Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
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Chapter 18, Problem 13PP
PRACTICE PROBLEM 18.13
The antiepileptic drug valproic acid is 2-propylpentanoic acid (administered as the sodium salt). One commercial synthesis of valproic acid begins with ethyl cyanoacetate. The penultimate step of this synthesis involves a decarboxylation, and the last step involves hydrolysis of a nitrile. Outline this synthesis.
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