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HRID 2286883Generated: October 31, 2026

Cyclohexanebutanoic acid → Cyclohexanebutanol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantCyclohexanebutanoic acidHCID 75200—
ReactantAluminium lithium hydrideHCID 21226445—
SolventDiethyl EtherHCID 3283—
ProductCyclohexanebutanolHCID 78182—

Reaction Steps

4-cyclohexylbutyric acid (Aldrich) is reduced with excess lithium aluminum hydride in ether to yield 4-cyclohexyl-1-butanol (D. S. Hiers and R. Adams, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 48 2385 (1926)) which is chloro-methylated with hydrogen chloride and formaldehyde to yield the desired compound.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04268523
Source datasetuspto-grants-1981_05
ORD IDord-edfd5ae9b27c4aaabc1345e8ef103c65
Source noteuspto-grants-1981_05