Benzoic Acid → 2-Ethylhexyl benzoate

HRID 1869566Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1869566 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([CH:3]([CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH3:9])[CH2:4][OH:5])[CH3:2].[C:10](O)(=[O:17])[C:11]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=1>CCCC[O-].CCCC[O-].CCCC[O-].CCCC[O-].[Ti+4]>[C:10]([O:5][CH2:4][CH:3]([CH2:1][CH3:2])[CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH3:9])(=[O:17])[C:11]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 243Benzoic AcidHCID 77202-Ethylhexanol

Product 1

HCID 943102-Ethylhexyl benzoate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 21801Titanium tetrabutoxideCatalyst

Procedure

In analogy to the procedure carried out in example 1, 12 mol of 2-ethylhexanol were reacted with 8 mol of benzoic acid and tetrabutyl titanate. Distillation (3 mbar, overhead temperature 134° C.) gives 2-ethylhexyl benzoate in a purity, determined by gas chromatography, of 99.7%.

Workup

  1. distillationDistillation (3 mbar, overhead temperature 134° C.)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-332fb496a06f4528acc799a76d7eae9b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2009_12
Patent number
US07638568B2

Reaction notes

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