1-Butanol → HCID 54574149, compound

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A solution of 100 mg of sodium in 85 ml of n-butanol is placed in a flask filled with nitrogen and cooled to ca 5° C. At this temperature, 20 g (0.09 mol) of 3-ethyl-4,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienoic acid ethyl ester are added. The mixture is then warmed to 60° C for 5 hours and to 100° C for 3 hours. For the working-up, the mixture is acidified with a few drops of glacial acetic acid and then the major part of the n-butanol is distilled off on a rotary evaporator. The residue is taken up in n-hexane, washed twice with sodium bicarbonate solution and three times with water, dried over sodium over sodium sulphate and evaporated. The crude product (19.3 g) is fractionally distilled. There are obtained 16.4 g (73%) of pure 3-ethyl-4,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienoic acid n-butyl ester of boiling point 90°-92° C/0.04 mm Hg; nD 20 = 1.4677.

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