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HRID 1903519Generated: October 30, 2026

Hexadecanal → Tert-butyl 3-hydroxyoctadecanoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantHexadecanalHCID 984—
Reactanttert-Butyl bromoacetateHCID 79177—
CatalystZincHCID 23994—
ProductTert-butyl 3-hydroxyoctadecanoateHCID 13962663—

Reaction Steps

The reaction of hexadecanal (1.2 g) and tertbutyl bromoacetate (1.56 g) was carried out under the presence of activated zinc (0.59 g) according to similar manner to that of Preparation 1-(1) to afford an oil of tert-butyl 3-hydroxyoctadecanoate.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04436726
Source datasetuspto-grants-1984_03
ORD IDord-c6ab2bfac2ec49058c65ec72a00641e8
Source noteuspto-grants-1984_03