Methanol → 1,1-Dimethoxy-3-(methylthio)propane

HRID 27822Notes

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][S:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH:5]=[O:6].[C:7]1(C)C=CC(S(O)(=O)=O)=CC=1.[CH3:18][OH:19]>>[CH3:18][O:19][CH:5]([O:6][CH3:7])[CH2:4][CH2:3][S:2][CH3:1]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 887Methanol

HCID 6101p-Toluenesulfonic acid

HCID 18635Methional

Product 1

HCID 832401,1-Dimethoxy-3-(methylthio)propane

Procedure

20.8 g (0.2 mole) of freshly distilled methional and 100 cc of methyl alcohol are heated under reflux in the presence of 0.5 g of p-toluene sulphonic acid.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-c6e6efbc23454afc84b9799f0aef2e08
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1980_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04224051

Reaction notes

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