Triacontanoic acid → 1-Triacontanol

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Triacontanol is prepared from triacontanoic acid by suspending 0.1 mol of the acid in 40 ml of anhydrous chloroform followed by the addition of thionyl chloride while maintaining the temperature at 40° C. for 2 hours. Chloroform and excess thionyl chloride were removed in a rotary evaporator, and the resulting acid chloride was reacted with 10 ml of absolute ethanol to form the ester. Excess ethanol was removed in a similar manner, and the ester was dissolved in 100 ml of anhydrous ether.

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