Lactic Acid → N-[2-(2-Hydroxyethoxy)ethyl]lactamide

HRID 232114Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 232114 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:6])(=O)[CH:2]([CH3:4])[OH:3].[NH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][O:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][OH:13]>O>[OH:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][O:10][CH2:9][CH2:8][NH:7][C:1](=[O:6])[CH:2]([CH3:4])[OH:3]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 612Lactic AcidHCID 13578Diglycolamine

Product 1

HCID 10442241N-[2-(2-Hydroxyethoxy)ethyl]lactamide

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

Equimolar quantities of lactic acid and 2-(2-aminoethoxy)ethanol were mixed together. This mixture was then heated to 120° for 2 hours and the resulting water of reaction was continuously removed. The final product was a viscous, amber colored liquid.

Workup

  1. temperatureThis mixture was then heated to 120° for 2 hours
  2. customwas continuously removed

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d0f0720986d44c2e8d602c51774d9c91
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1989_07
Patent number
US04851434

Reaction notes

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