Formaldehyde → 2-Ethyl-6-methyltridecanoic acid

HRID 1611905Notes

Reaction equation

Br[CH:2](CCCCCCC)[CH3:3].C[CH:12]([CH2:24][CH2:25][CH3:26])[CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][C:21]([OH:23])=[O:22].C=O.[CH2:29](Br)C>>[CH2:2]([CH:20]([CH2:19][CH2:18][CH2:17][CH:16]([CH3:29])[CH2:15][CH2:14][CH2:13][CH2:12][CH2:24][CH2:25][CH3:26])[C:21]([OH:23])=[O:22])[CH3:3]

Participants

Reactant 4

HCID 712Formaldehyde

HCID 6332Ethyl Bromide

HCID 982192-Bromononane

HCID 2225183410-Methyltridecanoic Acid

Product 1

HCID 222518612-Ethyl-6-methyltridecanoic acid

Procedure

The procedure used is that of GENERAL PROCEDURE III except that 2-bromononane is used as compound (1) in step (a), formaldehyde is used in place of ethylene oxide in step (b), y=1, and ethyl bromide is used in place of methyl iodide in step (h).

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-55255ea58a6d4c18bf287dcd90b3c566
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2006_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06992057B2

Reaction notes

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