Butyric Acid → HCID 5363297, compound

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Reaction Steps

154 Grams of linalool (3.7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol), 324 g of 1,1,1-triethoxy ethane and 4.6 g of butyric acid are placed in a three-necked flask having 500 ml of inner capacity, and reacted for 8 hours with stirring under heating at 140° to 145° C. and with removal of ethanol formed during the reaction. The liquid reaction product is directly distilled to remove the low boiling material such as butyric acid, whereby the unreacted 1,1,1-triethoxy ethane is recovered. The residue is distilled under high vacuum to give the ethyl geranyl acetate as a distillate boiling at 120° to 122° C./3.3 mm Hg. The yield is 92.6%.

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