Propylene Oxide → 3-(Tetradecyloxy)propan-1-ol

HRID 234860

Reaction equation

HRID 234860 reaction equation
[CH2:1]1[O:4][CH:2]1[CH3:3].[CH2:5]([OH:19])[CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH3:18]>[OH-].[K+]>[CH3:18][CH2:17][CH2:16][CH2:15][CH2:14][CH2:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:8][CH2:7][CH2:6][CH2:5][O:19][CH2:3][CH2:2][CH2:1][OH:4]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 6378Propylene Oxide2×HCID 82091-Tetradecanol2×

Product 1

HCID 1142393-(Tetradecyloxy)propan-1-ol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 14797Potassium HydroxideCatalyst

Procedure

Propylene oxide was bubbled into 685 g of myristyl alcohol in the presence of potassium hydroxide catalyst until three moles of propylene oxide were added per mole of myristyl alcohol, thus obtaining a pale, yellow liquid (PPG-3 myristyl ether) as the major product.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0ab1d4a6572b4c218cbe51dd3f86ecb0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_01
Patent number
US05597555

Linked notes

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