12-Methoxydodecanoate → Methyl 12-Methoxydodecanoate

HRID 1379925Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1379925 reaction equation
O.O.O.O.O.[OH-].C[N+](C)(C)C.[CH3:12][O:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH2:24][C:25]([OH:27])=[O:26].[CH3:28]I>C(#N)C>[CH3:12][O:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH2:24][C:25]([O:27][CH3:28])=[O:26]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 142012-MethoxydodecanoateHCID 6328Methyl iodideHCID 82620Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide Pentahydrate

Product 1

HCID 19611779Methyl 12-MethoxydodecanoateYield 98.8%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6342AcetonitrileSolvent

Procedure

Tetramethylammonium hydroxide pentahydrate (1.7 g, 9.4 mmol) was added to a solution of the title product of Example 1 (2.0 g, 8.7 mmol) in 45 mL of anhydrous acetonitrile. After stirring for 4 hours at room temperature, methyl iodide (0.6 mL, 9.6 mmol) was added and the resulting milky solution stirred at room temperature. The solvent was removed by rotary evaporator and partioned between diethyl ether and water. The organic phase was washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give the title compound (2.1 g) as a pale yellow liquid. The structure was supported by NMR, infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis and mass spectroscopy.

Workup

  1. stirringthe resulting milky solution stirred at room temperature
  2. customThe solvent was removed by rotary evaporator
  3. washThe organic phase was washed with brine
  4. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
  5. filtrationfiltered
  6. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-afe8575b38b54cf0adfd4f17f0d9b1df
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1997_09
Patent number
US05672769

Reaction notes

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