Methane → 2-(6-Carboxyhexyl)benzyl alcohol

HRID 437987

Reaction equation

HRID 437987 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:9])(=[O:8])[CH:2]=[CH:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH3:7].[CH4:10]>C(O)C>[C:1]([CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][C:10]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][C:2]=1[CH2:1][OH:8])([OH:9])=[O:8]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 297MethaneHCID 29373Heptenoic acid

Product 1

HCID 539714442-(6-Carboxyhexyl)benzyl alcohol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 702EthanolSolvent

Procedure

A solution of 2.30 g. of the above heptenoic acid in 100 ml. of ethanol is stirred with 5 g. of activated charcoal for 30 minutes and filtered. The filtrate is hydrogenated at atmospheric pressure in the presence of 143 mg. of platinum oxide. The solution is filtered, evaporated and recrystallized from toluene to yield 2-(6-carboxyhexyl)benzyl alcohol as white crystals having a melting point of 75°-77° C.

Workup

  1. filtrationfiltered
  2. filtrationThe solution is filtered
  3. customevaporated
  4. customrecrystallized from toluene

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a434d3d6d1b8480e8bb79ac2a2025f06
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1977_06
Patent number
US04032656

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