Methyl behenate → (2-Morpholinoethyl) behenate

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 35.5 g of methyl behenate (18), 19.7 g of 2-morpholinoethanol (17), 270 mg of sodium methoxide and 150 g of toluene was heated under reflux for 6 hours while distilling off the methanol resulting from the reaction. The reaction solution was cooled. By standard aqueous work-up and distilling off toluene, 41.3 g of (2-morpholinoethyl) behenate (Quencher 2) was obtained (yield 91%).

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