Lactic Acid → 2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl 2-hydroxypropanoate

HRID 1657680Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1657680 reaction equation
[CH3:1][N:2]([CH3:6])[CH2:3][CH2:4][OH:5].[C:7](O)(=[O:11])[CH:8]([CH3:10])[OH:9].C(O)(C)C>O>[C:7]([O:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][N:2]([CH3:6])[CH3:1])(=[O:11])[CH:8]([CH3:10])[OH:9]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 612Lactic AcidHCID 3776IsopropanolHCID 79022-(Dimethylamino)ethanol

Product 1

HCID 141792032-(Dimethylamino)ethyl 2-hydroxypropanoate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

A dimethyl ethanolamine lactate was prepared by admixing 13.3 parts of dimethyl ethanolamine and 18.0 parts of lactic acid (85 percent solution in water). The mixture was held at 40°-60°C. for a short time and there was then added 7.2 parts of isopropanol. The final composition comprising 75 percent solids and contained 7.1 percent water.

Workup

  1. customwas held at 40°-60°C. for a short time and there

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-5ae808f698bb486682d2c8ae5159f080
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_06
Patent number
US03962165

Reaction notes

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