Nonanoic Acid → Methyl n-nonanoate

Reaction equation

CC(CCCCCCC)C(O)=O.[C:13]([O:23][CH3:24])(=[O:22])[CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH3:21].C(O)(=O)CCCCCCCC>>[C:13]([O:23][CH3:24])(=[O:22])[CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH3:21]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 8158Nonanoic Acid

HCID 86738280HCID 86738280, compound

Product 1

HCID 15606Methyl n-nonanoate

Procedure

The foregoing precursors may subsequently be hydrogenated to methyl pelargonate (methyl nonanoate) and pelargonic acid may then be obtained by acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl pelargonate.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-a865c5a252154f92b2a45931afdda399
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1982_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04318860

Reaction notes

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