2-Methylbutanoic Acid → Isobutyric Acid

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][CH:2]([CH2:6][CH3:7])[C:3]([OH:5])=[O:4].[CH3:8]C(C)CCO>>[CH3:8][CH:6]([CH3:7])[CH2:2][C:3]([OH:5])=[O:4].[C:3]([OH:5])(=[O:4])[CH:2]([CH3:6])[CH3:1]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 83142-Methylbutanoic Acid

HCID 31260Isoamyl Alcohol

Product 2

HCID 6590Isobutyric Acid

HCID 10430Isovaleric Acid

Procedure

A process for the preparation of 3-methyl-butyric acid comprising (a) oxidizing 3-methyl-butanol with the strain Gluconobacter roseus DSM 9364 to produce 3-methyl-butyric acid and (b) recovering the 3-methyl-butyric add produced in (a).

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-817408be216146938f611cbc875504b6
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1995_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05468627

Reaction notes

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