Butyric Acid → Methylthiomethyl butyrate

HRID 1648896Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]([OH:6])(=[O:5])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4].[CH3:7][S:8][CH2:9]Cl.C(N(CC)CC)C>>[C:1]([O:6][CH2:7][S:8][CH3:9])(=[O:5])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 264Butyric Acid

HCID 8471Triethylamine

HCID 16916Chloromethyl methyl sulfide

Product 1

HCID 3018539Methylthiomethyl butyrate

Procedure

This product was prepared according to the procedure described in Example 1, by reacting butyric acid with chloromethyl methyl sulfide in the presence of one equivalent of triethylamine; b.p. 71°-73° C./12 mm Hg, n20 1.4521.

Workup

customThis product was prepared

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-46621d5a4dad4506858a28fffd41f5bf
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1983_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04414233

Reaction notes

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