Water → 1-Hexanol

HRID 1016710Notes

Reaction equation

[CH:1](=[O:7])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH3:6].[OH2:8]>>[CH2:1]([OH:7])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH3:6].[C:1]([OH:8])(=[O:7])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH3:6]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 962Water2×

HCID 6184Hexanal

Product 2

HCID 81031-Hexanol

HCID 8892Hexanoic Acid

Procedure

Many aldehydes form an azeotrope with water. For example, hexanal and water form an azeotrope that boils at 91° C. Hexanol and hexanoic acid likewise form azeotropes with water, which boil at 97.8° C. and 99.9° C., respectively. Despite the fact that the boiling points are close together, the distillation process is surprisingly free of problems. Pure fractions of alcohol and aldehyde can be collected.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-5282f9f7d6b546ec9331dd9f943998dc
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2002_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06476260B1

Reaction notes

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