Nitrogen → Di-tert-butyl ether

HRID 378771

Reaction equation

[C:1]([OH:5])([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2].C(O)CCCCC.N#N.[C:15](OCCCCCC)([CH3:18])([CH3:17])[CH3:16]>>[C:1]([O:5][C:15]([CH3:18])([CH3:17])[CH3:16])([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2]

Participants

Reactant 4

HCID 947Nitrogen

HCID 6386tert-Butanol

HCID 81031-Hexanol2×

HCID 547839Hexyl t-butyl ether

Product 1

HCID 22541Di-tert-butyl ether

Procedure

300 mmoles of t-butanol, 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 17 h, 17% of n hexanol were converted into hexyl t-butyl ether with a selectivity of 90%.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-c4b88dc8fc2f43d4a6be06585468b591
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2001_10
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06297180B1

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