Ethylene Glycol → Polyethylene glycol monocaprylate

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Anhydride of caprylic acid (0.477 mol; 129 g) was dropwise added into boiling dry ethylene glycol (3.16 mol; 196 g) and the mixture was refluxed for further 4 hours. The mixture was cooled, extracted twice with benzene (100+20 ml), benzene was evaporated in a rotation evaporator, and the residue was distilled. 2-Hydroxyethyl caprylate was obtained in the yield of 142.75 g (159% of theory), which is the evidence that almost 2/3 of caprylic acid formed was esterified with glycol under the experimental conditions. The raw fractions had purity 88.9 to 97.5% of 2-hydroxyethyl caprylate. Further procedure was carried out according to example 1.

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