Nitrogen → Di-tert-butyl ether

HRID 429712

Reaction equation

[CH2:1]=[C:2]([CH3:4])[CH3:3].C(O)CCCCC.N#N.[C:14]([O:18]CCCCCC)([CH3:17])([CH3:16])[CH3:15]>>[C:2]([O:18][C:14]([CH3:17])([CH3:16])[CH3:15])([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 17 h. 17% of n-hexanol were converted into hexyl t-butyl ether with a selectivity of 90%.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-1b0b00f84d034ff3beb242a6e2c2856b
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2001_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06319876B1

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