Acetyl chloride → Ethyl 12-hydroxydodecanoate

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Reaction Steps

In a two-neck flask with a reflux condenser under stirring and argon flux, 12-hydroxy-dodecanoic acid, (5.0 g, 23.2 mmol), ethanol (20 mL) and acetyl chloride and acetyl chloride (0.09 ml, 1.62 mmol) are added, the mixture is refluxed for 24 h. At the end the solution is concentrated with a al rotavapor under high vacuum and the raw product is purified by column chromatography on silica gel using as eluents a mixture petrol ether/ethyl acetate 5/4. 5.45 g (yield=96%) of the desired product are isolated as a pale yellow oil.

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