1-Octanol → 1,3-Dioctyl glyceryl ether

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Octyl alcohol (11.7 g; 0.09 mol), aluminum triisopropxide (0.36 g; 1.77 mmol) and p-phenolsulfonic acid (0.94 g; 5.40 mmol) were placed in a 100-ml four-necked flask and heated up to 95° C. while stirring them under nitrogen. Octyl glycidyl ether (17.1 g; 0.09 mol) was then added dropwise over 10 minutes, and the resultant mixture was stirred for 3 hours as it was. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was washed with a 4N aqueous solution (40 ml) of sodium hydroxide and additionally twice with water (40 ml) and then purified by vacuum distillation to obtain 23.0 g of 1,3-dioctyl glyceryl ether (9,13-dioxa-11-heneicosanol) as a colorless transparent oil (yield: 81%).

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