Sodium Hydroxide → 3,3-dimethylhexanoic Acid

Ethyl 3,3-dimethylhexanoate (from above) (280 g, 1.63 mol), ethyl alcohol (400 mL) and aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (98 g, 2.45 mol, in 200 mL of water) were added to a 2-L round flask equipped with a stirring bar. The solution was then heated to refluxing temperature and stirred for 24 hours. After the reaction was finished, most of the solvents were removed by evaporation. The residue was taken up in 500 mL of ice water. It was then acidified to pH=3 with HCl (10%, w. ˜500 mL). The mixture was extracted with MTBE (3×500 mL). The combined MTBE extracts were washed with brine (2×50 mL) and dried over magnesium sulfate (˜40 g). The drying reagent was filtered and the MTBE was removed to give 223 g of 3,3-dimethylhexanoic acid (yield 95.1%). 1H NMR (CDCl3/300 MHz): δ2.25(s, 2H), 1.32-1.26(m, 4H), 1.02(s, 6H), 0.90(m, 3H) ppm; 13C NMR (CDCl3/300 MHz): δ179.0, 45.8, 44.6, 33.2, 27.2, 17.5, 14.8 ppm; MS 162 (M++NH4+).

1. customequipped with a stirring bar
2. temperatureThe solution was then heated
3. temperatureto refluxing temperature
4. customwere removed by evaporation
5. extractionThe mixture was extracted with MTBE (3×500 mL)
6. washThe combined MTBE extracts were washed with brine (2×50 mL)
7. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate (˜40 g)
8. filtrationThe drying reagent was filtered
9. customthe MTBE was removed

ORD record

ord-51844d037153468298ab5283c4034e17

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2001_12

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06329536B1