Hexahydrophthalic anhydride → 1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol

HRID 1421345Notes

Reaction equation

C1(=O)[O:6][C:4](=O)[CH:3]2[CH2:7][CH2:8][CH:9]=[CH:10][CH:2]12.C1(=O)O[C:15](=[O:16])C2CCCCC12>>[CH:3]1([CH2:4][OH:6])[CH2:2][CH2:10][CH:9]([CH2:15][OH:16])[CH2:8][CH2:7]1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 85689Hexahydrophthalic anhydride

HCID 127266013a,4,5,7a-Tetrahydro-2-benzofuran-1,3-dione

Product 1

HCID 77351,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol

Procedure

Tetrahydrophthalic anhydride was obtained from Janssen Chemical. Hexahydrophthalic anhydride and hydrogenated bisphenol A were obtained from Milliken Chemical. 1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol was obtained from either Aldrich Chemical Co. or from Eastman Chemical Co. 1,4-Cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid was provided by Eastman Chemical Co. Trimethylolpropane mentioned in the examples below was obtained from Aldrich Chemical Co. Tin catalyst (Fascat 4100) was obtained from Elf Atochem. Equilibrium peracetic acid (35%) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-a716df9d82e84b1ab3904b5c993020a6
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2000_06
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06075099

Reaction notes

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