Ethanol → Ethyl Oleate

HRID 13732

Reaction equation

[C:1]([OH:20])(=[O:19])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8]/[CH:9]=[CH:10]\[CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH3:18].[CH2:21](O)[CH3:22]>>[C:1]([O:20][CH2:21][CH3:22])(=[O:19])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8]/[CH:9]=[CH:10]\[CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH3:18]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 702Ethanol

HCID 445639Oleic Acid

Product 1

HCID 5363269Ethyl OleateYield 90%

Procedure

The filtered catalyst was added to oleic acid (1.41 g, 5 mmol) and ethanol (10 ml) and the procedure, above, was repeated. No loss in catalytic activity was observed and ethyl oleate (1.39 g, 90% yield) was obtained.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-7b653b33a0d44ac8a29095d63cb56303
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2010_06
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07728159B2

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