Sodium Carbonate → Adipic Acid

HRID 1732493Notes

Reaction equation

C[O-].[Na+].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+].[C:10]([O:19]C)(=[O:18])[CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][C:15]([O-:17])=[O:16]>>[C:10]([OH:19])(=[O:18])[CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][C:15]([OH:17])=[O:16]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 10340Sodium Carbonate

HCID 6994472Methyl adipate

HCID 10942334Sodium Methoxide

Product 1

HCID 196Adipic Acid

Procedure

The electrolytic condensation was conducted in the same manner as described in Example 2 except for changing the neutral salt group from sodium methylate to sodium carbonate by using monomethyl adipate obtained by the half esterification of adipic acid. Electrolytic cell voltage was 7.8 volts. Current efficiency was 67.2% and material yield was 80.2%.

Workup

customThe electrolytic condensation

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-41977bf561194cabaebbd76f37aa85be
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1980_12
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04237317

Reaction notes

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