1-Butanesulfonyl chloride → 2-Butanesulfonyloxydodecanoic acid

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2-Hydroxydodecanoic acid (1 g) dissolved in a 10% methanolic hydrochloric acid solution was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The mixture was then concentrated and distributed into chloroform and water, and the chloroform layer was washed with a 1% aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and water, dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated to give the methyl ester of 2-hydroxydodecanoic acid (1.02 g). To the methyl ester of 2-hydroxydodecanoic acid dissolved in pyridine (20 ml) was added butanesulfonyl chloride (0.80 g), and the mixture was stirred for 8 hours. Then, the pyridine was removed by distillation, and the residue was distributed into chloroform and water. The chloroform layer was dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated and subjected-to chromatography on a silica gel column with an eluent system of n-hexane-ethyl acetate (50:1) to give the methyl ester of 2-butanesulfonyloxydodecanoic acid (1.21 g).

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