Ethyl Acrylate → Ethyl sorbate

HRID 2357193Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2357193 reaction equation
C(OCC)(=O)C=C.O[CH:9]([CH2:15][CH:16](O)[CH2:17][CH3:18])[C:10]([O:12][CH2:13][CH3:14])=[O:11].C(C1OC(=O)C(O)C1)C>C(O)CC>[C:10]([O:12][CH2:13][CH3:14])(=[O:11])/[CH:9]=[CH:15]/[CH:16]=[CH:17]/[CH3:18]

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 8821Ethyl AcrylateHCID 219334154-Ethyl-2-hydroxy-gamma-butyrolactoneHCID 21933454Ethyl 2,4-dihydroxyhexanoate

Product 1

HCID 1550470Ethyl sorbate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 10311-PropanolSolvent

Procedure

For example, when n-propyl alcohol is allowed to react with ethyl acrylate, ethyl 2,4-dihydroxyhexanoate corresponding to Formula (4) and 4-ethyl-2-hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone corresponding to Formula (6) are formed under some conditions in addition to the target ethyl sorbate.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bed159d6abfa438bbd7f39b3a5c751c4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2010_07
Patent number
US07759515B2

Reaction notes

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