2-Ethylhexyl acrylate → 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid

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A mixture of TMIT (2.37 g, 15 mmol), 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2.76 g, 15 mmol) and cesium carbonate (0.12 g, 0.38 mmol, 2.5 mole % based on acrylate) was heated in a sand bath at 100–120 ° C. for 2 h, while the progress of the reaction was being followed by IR spectroscopy. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, and to the resulting thick oil was added hexane (40 mL), and the mixture was filtered to remove solid cesium carbonate. Solvent evaporation from the filtrate yielded product as a light-yellow oil (4.4 g, 86%). IR: 3323, 2961, 1733, 1481 cm−1.

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