Menthol → Menthyl chloroformate

HRID 2122057Notes

Reaction equation

[Cl:1][C:2]([O-:4])=[O:3].[CH:5]1([CH3:15])[CH2:10][CH2:9][CH:8]([CH:11]([CH3:13])[CH3:12])[CH:7](O)[CH2:6]1.C1(C)CCC(C(C)C)C(Cl)C1.C(=O)(OC1C(C(C)C)CCC(C)C1)OC1C(C(C)C)CCC(C)C1>>[Cl:1][C:2]([O:4][CH:7]1[CH:8]([CH:11]([CH3:13])[CH3:12])[CH2:9][CH2:10][CH:5]([CH3:15])[CH2:6]1)=[O:3]

Participants

Reactant 4

HCID 1254Menthol

HCID 859512-Chloro-4-methyl-1-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexane

HCID 2747953Bismenthyl carbonate

HCID 21226386Carbonochloridate

Product 1

HCID 151928Menthyl chloroformate

Procedure

The product obtained is analysed by gas chromatography. The purity of the chloroformate is 99%, and less than 0.5% by weight of menthol and 250 ppm of menthyl chloride are found. Bismenthyl carbonate is not detected.

Workup

customThe product obtained

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-4d341ca5196a46dcaafaa816c8d06a79
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2004_02
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06696590B2

Reaction notes

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