1-Butanol → Propanoic acid, 2-methyl-, butyl ester

HRID 1283213Notes

Reaction equation

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

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 2631-Butanol

HCID 6590Isobutyric Acid

Product 1

HCID 7353Propanoic acid, 2-methyl-, butyl ester

Procedure

47 g isobutyric acid were esterified with excess n-butanol under conditions as in Example I and 67 g butyl isobutyrate were obtained. Butyl isobutyrate was oxidized with oxygen under conditions as in Example I.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-dafb0b77adf241c186dfe0c1a3686808
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1976_08
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US03974207

Reaction notes

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