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HRID 129031Generated: October 26, 2026

a Farnesol → Farnesyl isobutyrate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactanta FarnesolHCID 3327—
ReactantIsobutyryl chlorideHCID 62325—
ProductFarnesyl isobutyrateHCID 536907807.8%

Reaction Steps

A mixture of farnesol (356 mg, 1.6 mmol) and isobutyryl chloride (407 mg, 3.8 mmol) was refluxed for 2 hours. Extraction with hexane, and purification yielded 35.9 mg (yield: 7.8%) of oil having the following physical properties.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05466718
Source datasetuspto-grants-1995_11
ORD IDord-62198d5ca2b64db4ba0d8e928998ba71
Source noteuspto-grants-1995_11