Methanethiol → 7-Methylthio-3,7-dimethyloctan-1-ol

HRID 1605141Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1605141 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2](=[CH:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH:7]([CH2:9][CH2:10][OH:11])[CH3:8])[CH3:3].C1(C)C=C[C:15]([S:18](O)(=O)=O)=CC=1.CS>>[CH3:15][S:18][C:2]([CH3:3])([CH3:1])[CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH:7]([CH3:8])[CH2:9][CH2:10][OH:11]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 878MethanethiolHCID 6101p-Toluenesulfonic acidHCID 8842Citronellol

Product 1

HCID 215493537-Methylthio-3,7-dimethyloctan-1-ol

Procedure

Twenty grams of citronellol, 2 g. of p-toluenesulfonic acid and 9 g. of methyl mercaptan are reacted as described in Example 44 except that a temperature of 140° is used instead of 220°, to give 7-methylthio-3,7-dimethyloctan-1-ol.

Workup

  1. customas described in Example 44 except that a temperature of 140°
  2. customis used instead of 220°

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e7ab736c8a9941629012e6c775537a64
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_04
Patent number
US03948996

Reaction notes

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