Diethyl Ether → HCID 86734065, compound

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0.02 gm Piperidine (catalyst) was dissolved in 30 ml diethyl ether, 0.5 mole lauryl mercaptan was added and the mixture was cooled to 10° C. To this mixture was added 0.5 mole of crotonaldehyde, the rate of addition being such that the reaction temperature never exceeded 10° C. After the addition was completed, the reaction mixture was maintained at a temperature of less than 10° C for a further 60 hours. The reaction mixture was kept under a blanket of nitrogen throughout the preparation. The product β-lauryl-mercaptobutyraldehyde was then obtained by distillation of the mixture under reduced pressure, the product being the fraction of boiling point 154°-155° C at 3 mm Hg pressure. The yield was 90%.

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