Methyl Methacrylate → Lauryl Methacrylate

HRID 4895

Reaction equation

HRID 4895 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:6][CH3:7])(=[O:5])[C:2]([CH3:4])=[CH2:3].[CH2:8](O)[CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18]C.C1C2NC3C(=CC=CC=3)SC=2C=CC=1>>[C:1]([O:6][CH2:7][CH2:18][CH2:17][CH2:16][CH2:15][CH2:14][CH2:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][CH3:8])(=[O:5])[C:2]([CH3:4])=[CH2:3]

Participants

4

Procedure

Two hundred six grams of a reaction mix containing a 5:1 mole ratio of methyl methacrylate, 1-dodecanol, and 100 ppm phenothiazine as inhibitor were added to a 500 ml flask equipped with an agitatior, thermocouple, and a 10-tray Oldershaw fractional distillation column. Thirty grams of the heterogeneous zirconium vinylbenzyl acetylacetonate/styrene/divinylbenzene catalyst was added. The mixture was heated to reflux at atmospheric pressure while an azeotropic mixture of methyl methacrylate and methanol was removed from the upper portion of the fractionating column. The reaction was continued in this manner for 6 hours while the temperature at the column was 64°-67° C. and the temperature in the pot was 101°-107° C. Gas liquid chromatography (GLC) analysis showed 30% conversion of 1-dodecanol with a selectivity to dodecyl methacrylate of 95%.

Workup

  1. additioncontaining a 5
  2. customequipped with an agitatior
  3. distillationthermocouple, and a 10-tray Oldershaw fractional distillation column
  4. additionThirty grams of the heterogeneous zirconium vinylbenzyl acetylacetonate/styrene/divinylbenzene catalyst was added
  5. temperatureThe mixture was heated
  6. temperatureto reflux at atmospheric pressure while an azeotropic mixture of methyl methacrylate and methanol
  7. customwas removed from the upper portion of the fractionating column
  8. customwas 64°-67° C.
  9. custompot was 101°-107° C

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bff539d21f0449efa90cb66fd5b38883
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_09
Patent number
US05242877

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