Ethylene Oxide → Ethanol, 2-(4-ethylphenoxy)-

HRID 127121Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 127121 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:6]([OH:9])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1)[CH3:2].[CH2:10]1[O:12][CH2:11]1>[OH-].[Na+]>[CH2:1]([C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:6]([O:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][OH:12])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1)[CH3:2]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 6354Ethylene OxideHCID 312424-Ethylphenol

Product 1

HCID 572314Ethanol, 2-(4-ethylphenoxy)-

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 14798Sodium HydroxideCatalyst

Procedure

p-Ethylphenol (854 parts) is ethoxylated with ethylene oxide (348 parts) using sodium hydroxide (7 parts) as catalyst at 145° C. in a method similar to that used in Example 12 to give 2-(p-ethylphenoxy)ethanol m.p. 48°-49° C. (987 parts).

Workup

  1. customat 145° C.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-17404f8818504ae39a7ab8c49c9b83e0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1981_03
Patent number
US04255152

Reaction notes

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