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HRID 1903523Generated: October 30, 2026

Hexanal → Tert-butyl 3-hydroxyoctanoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantHexanalHCID 6184—
Reactanttert-Butyl bromoacetateHCID 79177—
CatalystZincHCID 23994—
ProductTert-butyl 3-hydroxyoctanoateHCID 2046727177.2%

Reaction Steps

The reaction of hexanal (720 mg) and tert-butyl bromoacetate (2.265 g) was carried out under the presence of zinc (850 mg) according to similar manner to that of Preparation 1-(1) to afford an oil of tert-butyl 3-hydroxyoctanoate (1.2 g).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04436726
Source datasetuspto-grants-1984_03
ORD IDord-5cdba11fa8984890ad8d24d9ed81c983
Source noteuspto-grants-1984_03