Methyl Palmitate → N-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-N-tetradecylhexadecanamide

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N-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-N-tetradecylamine (1.0 g, 0.0035 moles) and potassium hydroxide (0.01 g, 0.18 mmole) were heated to 85° C. under vacuum. Methyl palmitate (1.036 g, 0.0038 mole) was heated to melt and added dropwise to the reaction. The reaction was heated under vacuum for 6 hours. A waxy off-white solid was obtained (crude yield=1.77 g). The waxy solid was recrystalized from hot hexane (yield=0.33 g).

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