1-Butanol → 2-Ethylhexanol

HRID 1449409Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1449409 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([OH:5])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4]>[Cr]([O-])([O-])=O.[Cu+2].C(O)C(C)C>[CH2:3]([CH:2]([CH2:1][CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4])[CH2:1][OH:5])[CH3:4]

Participants

4

Reactant 1

HCID 2631-Butanol

Product 1

HCID 77202-EthylhexanolYield 12.1%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 178505374HCID 178505374, compoundCatalystHCID 6560IsobutanolSolvent

Procedure

The mixture is then hydrogenated continuously on a copper chromite catalyst under 300 bars and at 180° C. 865 g of n-butanol, 98 g of iso-butanol and 92 g of 2-ethyl-hexanol are obtained.

Workup

  1. customat 180° C

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a5bfb8ad6f4b47acab1aabcf9f274cde
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1980_02
Patent number
US04190731

Reaction notes

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