PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 1-ALKOXY-1-TRIMETHYLSILYLOXYCYCLOPROPANES

摘要

The present invention provides a process for producing 1-alkoxy-1-trimethylsilyloxycyclopropane represented by the following general formula: <CHEM> by reacting microgranular metallic sodium dispersed in a hydrocarbon solvent, beta -halogenocarboxylic acid ester represented by the following general formula: <CHEM> and chlorotrimethylsilane. According to the present invention, by using no ether compound solvent (the ether compound solvent has various problems in safety) and using microgranular metallic sodium dispersed in a hydrocarbon solvent, 1-alkoxy-1-trimethylsilyloxycyclopropane can be industrially produced simply (no special apparatus is required) at an advantageous cost at a yield at least equal to that obtained when an ether is used as solvent.