Isovaleric Acid → 13-Methyltetradecanoic acid

HRID 323776Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1](O)(=O)[CH2:2][CH:3](C)C.[C:8]([O:23]C)(=[O:22])[CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][C:19](O)=O>>[CH3:1][CH:2]([CH3:3])[CH2:19][CH2:18][CH2:17][CH2:16][CH2:15][CH2:14][CH2:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][C:8]([OH:23])=[O:22]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 10430Isovaleric Acid

HCID 231998Dodecanedioic acid monomethyl ester

Product 1

HCID 15101413-Methyltetradecanoic acid

Procedure

13-methyltetradecanoic acid is synthesized electrolytically from isovaleric acid and methyl hydrogen dodecanedioate in methanolic solution, based on Kolbe electrolysis.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-6ed7f1ed15a145bf9ec8a64d2d3b0fbe
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2001_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06214875B1

Reaction notes

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