Hexanal → Trimethylolhexane

HRID 1089140

Reaction equation

HRID 1089140 reaction equation
[CH:1](=O)CCCCC.[CH:8](=O)[CH2:9]CCCCC.[CH2:16]([C:19]([CH2:24][OH:25])([CH2:22][OH:23])[CH2:20][OH:21])[CH2:17][CH3:18]>>[CH2:16]([C:19]([CH2:24][OH:25])([CH2:22][OH:23])[CH2:20][OH:21])[CH2:17][CH2:18][CH3:1].[CH2:16]([C:19]([CH2:24][OH:25])([CH2:22][OH:23])[CH2:20][OH:21])[CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:8][CH3:9]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 6184HexanalHCID 8130HeptanalHCID 81928Butylidynetrimethanol

Product 2

HCID 13760613TrimethylolhexaneHCID 159185682-Butyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol

Procedure

2-n-Butyl-2-hydroxymethyl-propan-1,3-diol and 2-n-pentyl-2-hydroxymethyl-propan-1,3-diol were prepared from n-hexanal and n-heptanal respectively in a manner analogous to that described for the synthesis of 2-n-propyl-2-hydroxymethyl-propan-1,3-diol.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5be358d8d9d544729879d8c555174e43
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1990_10
Patent number
US04965257

Linked notes

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