Butyric Acid → Methylthiomethyl butyrate

HRID 1155719Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]([OH:6])(=[O:5])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4].[CH3:7][S:8][CH2:9]Cl.C(N(CC)CC)C>>[C:1]([O:6][CH2:7][S:8][CH3:9])(=[O:5])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 264Butyric Acid

HCID 8471Triethylamine

HCID 16916Chloromethyl methyl sulfide

Product 1

HCID 3018539Methylthiomethyl butyrate

Procedure

This product was prepared according to the procedure described in Example 1, by reacting butyric acid with chloromethyl methyl sulfide in the presence of one equivalent of triethylamine; b.p. 71°-73° C./12 mm Hg, nD20 1.4521.

Workup

customThis product was prepared

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-95c51d71a2b14352b399b7d17cd2ece1
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1982_06
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04332829

Reaction notes

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