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HRID 1980837Generated: October 27, 2026

4,4-Dimethylpentanoic acid → Neoheptanoyl chloride

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant4,4-Dimethylpentanoic acidHCID 14237—
ReactantThionyl ChlorideHCID 24386—
ProductNeoheptanoyl chlorideHCID 1492148783.2%

Reaction Steps

4,4-Dimethylpentanoic acid (40 g; Chem Lett, (1980), 571) was treated at 20° for 16 h with thionyl chloride (40 g) and the mixture distilled under reduced pressure to yield 4,4-dimethylpentanoyl chloride (38 g) b.p. 52°-58° at 10 mm Hg; δ (CDCl3) 0.94 (9H,s,C(CH3)3 ; 1.66 (2H,t,J=9 Hz,CH2) and 2.88 (2H,t,J=9 Hz,CH2CO).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04511504
Source datasetuspto-grants-1985_04
ORD IDord-52ed47de387e43e79738e2665bd93f60
Source noteuspto-grants-1985_04