1-Dodecene → 2-Methyl-7-octadecene

HRID 259180Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 259180 reaction equation
O1[CH:10]([CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH3:20])[CH:2]1[CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH:7]([CH3:9])[CH3:8].CC(C)CCCCC=C.C=CCCCCCCCCCC>>[CH3:9][CH:7]([CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH:2]=[CH:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH3:20])[CH3:8]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 81831-DodeceneHCID 2059832-Decyl-3-(5-methylhexyl)oxiraneHCID 5187147-Methyl-1-octene

Product 1

HCID 1419952-Methyl-7-octadecene

Procedure

7,8-Epoxy-2-methyloctadecane is economically prepared by a metathesis reaction of 7-methyl-1-octene and 1-dodecene to form 2-methyl-7-octadecene which is then epoxidized to give the desired product.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4fec8c4143784fe69c044870bcd93b53
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1977_07
Patent number
US04036858

Reaction notes

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