Methyl Methacrylate → Cyclohexyl methacrylate

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Using a reflux apparatus equipped with a 20-plates Oldershaw column as the distillation column, a 3-liter four-necked flask with a side arm was charged with 1,401 g (14 moles) of methyl methacrylate, 701 g (7 moles) of cyclohexanol, 12.6 g of dibutyltin oxide, and 1.18 g (corresponding to 0.1% of the theoretical yield of the product) of MTX as a polymerization inhibitor. This mixture was subjected to an ester exchange reaction. The methanol formed as a by-product during reaction was removed from the system together with the methyl methacrylate. The resulting reaction product was purified by simple distillation using an empty column having a length of 20 cm, so that 848 g of cyclohexyl methacrylate was obtained. During the course of the reaction and distillation, polymerization occurred neither in the reactor nor the column. However, the cyclohexyl methacrylate thus obtained was slightly colored and had a color number (APHA) of 140.

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