Formic Acid → 1,2-Octanediol

HRID 132088Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 132088 reaction equation
[CH2:1]=[CH:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7]C.[CH:9]([OH:11])=O.[OH:12]O>C(O)C>[CH2:9]([OH:11])[CH:7]([OH:12])[CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2][CH3:1]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 284Formic AcidHCID 784Hydrogen PeroxideHCID 81251-Octene

Product 1

HCID 142311,2-Octanediol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 702EthanolSolvent

Procedure

314 g (2.80 mol) of 1-octene were reacted with 330 g (7.17 mol) of formic acid and 232 g (3.41 mol) of a 50% strength aqueous H2O2 solution in accordance with Example 4. 575 g of ethanol were employed for the Marlon AS3 acid-catalyzed transesterification, and the main fraction obtained after the workup by distillation was >99.5% pure, virtually odorless 1,2-octanediol.

Workup

  1. customthe main fraction obtained after the workup
  2. distillationby distillation

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8b5bfc5c2e4f4207b96cac42383d4bc7
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_06
Patent number
US07385092B2

Reaction notes

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