Cetyl Alcohol → HCID 19864557, compound

Participants

Reaction Steps

5-Carboxy-2-(2-imidazolyl)-pyridine (1.89 g, 0.01 mol) is refluxed in 10 ml of thionyl chloride for 2 h. The solution is evaporated to dryness and the residue dissolved in 20 ml of dichloromethane. The latter solution is added dropwise to a mixture of 1-hexadecanol (2.68 g, 0.011 mol) in 1.6 ml of pyridine. After 17 h at room temperature, the precipitate is filtered off and the filtrate evaporated to dryness. The resulting residue is crystallized in toluene to yield the title compound, m.p. 97°-98°.

Provenance & Evidence