1-Octanol → 1,3-Dioctyl glyceryl ether

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Octyl alcohol (11.7 g; 0.09 mol) and methanesulfonic acid (0.50 g; 5.50 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 8 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 column chromatography on silica gel (developing solvent: hexane) to obtain 2.0 g of 1,3-dioctyl glyceryl ether (9,13-dioxa-11-heneicosanol) as a colorless transparent oil (yield: 7%).

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