Hexanal → Trimethylolhexane

HRID 1491594Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1491594 reaction equation
[CH:1](=O)[CH2:2]CCCC.C(=O)CCCCCC.[CH2:16]([C:19]([CH2:24][OH:25])([CH2:22][OH:23])[CH2:20][OH:21])[CH2:17][CH3:18]>>[CH2:16]([C:19]([CH2:24][OH:25])([CH2:22][OH:23])[CH2:20][OH:21])[CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:1][CH3:2]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 6184HexanalHCID 8130HeptanalHCID 81928Butylidynetrimethanol

Product 1

HCID 13760613Trimethylolhexane

Procedure

2-n-Butyl-2-hydroxmethyl-propan-1,3-diol and 2-n-pentyl-2-hydroxymethyl-propan-1,3-diol were prepared from n-hexanal and n-heptanal respectively in a manner analogous to that described for the synthesis of 2-n-propyl-2-hydroxymethyl-propan-1,3-diol.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-16a0905d4ee2404aa382333b4b9fa314
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_12
Patent number
US05371075

Reaction notes

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