Nitrogen → Di-tert-butyl ether

HRID 378770

Reaction equation

[CH2:1]=[C:2]([CH3:4])[CH3:3].C(O)CCCCC.N#N.C([O:20][C:21]([CH3:24])([CH3:23])[CH3:22])CCCCC>>[C:2]([O:20][C:21]([CH3:24])([CH3:23])[CH3:22])([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:1]

Participants

Reactant 4

HCID 947Nitrogen

HCID 81031-Hexanol2×

HCID 8255Isobutylene

HCID 547839Hexyl t-butyl ether

Product 1

HCID 22541Di-tert-butyl ether

Procedure

300 mmoles of i-butene, 100 mmoles of 1-hexanol and 2.5 g of Ti-Si-catalyst powder are stirred in a 100 ml autoclave at a pressure of 40 bar N2 and a temperature of 150° C. over a period of 18 h, 62% of n-hexanol were converted into hexyl-t-butyl ether with a selectivity of 92%.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-6a5710d67e814d708dc3e64c5f91b38a
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2001_10
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06297180B1

Linked notes

Loading…