Ethyl Lactate → 2-hydroxy-N-octyl-propanamide

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388 g (3 mol) of n-octylamine were added to 473 g (4 mol) of ethyl lactate in a round-bottomed flask with a distillation apparatus over the course of two hours with stirring and a nitrogen purge. When the addition was complete, the temperature was increased to 90° C. and the ethanol which formed was distilled. The temperature was then increased to 140° C. and maintained for one hour. The pressure was then reduced to 50 mbar and unreacted ethyl lactate was distilled. 585 g of octllactamide were obtained as a clear, pale pink-colored liquid. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 0.8 ppm (3H), 1.2 ppm (10H), 1.4 ppm (3H), 1.5 ppm (2H), 3.2 ppm (2H), 4.0 ppm (0.8H, br), 4.2 ppm (1H), 6.8 ppm (1H).

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