Formaldehyde → 2-Butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol

HRID 841179

Reaction equation

[OH-:1].[CH2:2]([CH:4]([CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH3:10])[CH:5]=[O:6])[CH3:3].[CH2:11]=O>>[CH2:7]([C:4]([CH2:2][CH3:3])([CH2:11][OH:1])[CH2:5][OH:6])[CH2:8][CH2:9][CH3:10]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 712Formaldehyde

HCID 961Hydroxide2×

HCID 312412-Ethylhexanal

Product 1

HCID 610382-Butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol

Procedure

A process for producing 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol, comprising feeding a hydroxide compound into a reaction mixture containing 2-ethylhexanal and formaldehyde wherein said hydroxide compound is fed into the reaction mixture continuously and incrementally to produce 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol such that the reaction mixture is maintained in two phases, an organic phase and an aqueous phase throughout the entire production process.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-97b4b1737a154e9b8649818286b1c4ae
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2002_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06369281B1

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