Lauric Acid → 1-Dodecanol

HRID 1678922Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1678922 reaction equation
[C:1](O)(=[O:13])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH3:12].B1C2CCCC1CCC2>>[CH2:1]([OH:13])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH3:12]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 3893Lauric AcidHCID 789669-Borabicyclo(3.3.1)nonane

Product 1

HCID 81931-Dodecanol

Procedure

Following the procedure of Example 1, one mole of lauric acid is reacted with three moles of 9-BBN, added in increments. The reaction mixture is heated under reflux conditions for three hours. Following hydrolysis, an essentially quantitative yield of lauryl alcohol is obtained.

Workup

  1. additionadded in increments
  2. temperatureThe reaction mixture is heated under reflux conditions for three hours
  3. customhydrolysis

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6a6cf61102a648f192680fdcaf68472e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_03
Patent number
US04078002

Reaction notes

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