Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(Chloromethoxy)hexane

HRID 1589235Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1589235 reaction equation
[CH2:1]=[O:2].[CH2:3](O)[CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH3:8].[ClH:10]>ClC(Cl)CCl>[Cl:10][CH2:1][O:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH3:8]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 712FormaldehydeHCID 81031-Hexanol

Product 1

HCID 125465121-(Chloromethoxy)hexane

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 65741,1,2-TrichloroethaneSolvent

Procedure

30 g (1 mole) of paraformaldehyde were stirred in 100 ml of 1,1,2-trichloroethane with 102 g (1 mole) of 1-hexanol at 0°-5° C. HCl gas was passed for 2 hours. The product is diluted to give a stock solution of 3M concentration.

Workup

  1. additionThe product is diluted
  2. customto give
  3. concentrationa stock solution of 3M concentration

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e79d6e2b0572444ead572316f50326f0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1986_02
Patent number
US04568700

Reaction notes

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