Sulfuric Acid → 1-Methoxyethanol

HRID 2248126Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2248126 reaction equation
[S:1]([O-:9])([O:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][O:7][CH3:8])(=[O:3])=[O:2].[Na+:10].[CH2:11]([OH:29])[CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18]/[CH:19]=[CH:20]\[CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH2:24][CH2:25][CH2:26]CC.S(=O)(=O)(O)O>>[S:1]([O-:9])([O:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16]/[CH:17]=[CH:18]\[CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH2:24][CH2:25][CH3:26])(=[O:3])=[O:2].[Na+:10].[CH3:8][O:7][CH:6]([OH:29])[CH3:5]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 1118Sulfuric AcidHCID 5284499Oleyl AlcoholHCID 23720805HCID 23720805, compound

Product 2

HCID 30156371-MethoxyethanolHCID 23686132Sodium oleyl sulfate

Procedure

In the most preferred embodiment of the present invention, equimolar quantities of sodium methoxyethyl sulfate and oleyl alcohol are reacted in the presence of catalytic quantities of sulfuric acid at ambient temperature to form sodium oleyl sulfate and methoxyethanol. This reaction proceeds as follows: ##STR2##

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9c798fa592764267aad02536bd4e7edd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1991_08
Patent number
US05037992

Reaction notes

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