Butyl Acrylate → HCID 86725080, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

After it has been purged with nitrogen, the reactor is charged with 5 g of 10-undecenenitrile (30 mmol), 7.6 g of butyl acrylate (60 mmol) and 50 g of toluene dried over molecular sieve. A syringe is charged with 0.5 mg of catalyst of formula (I) given above (catalyst supplied by the company UMICORE—7.5×10−4 mmol—0.0025 mol % relative to the 10-undecenenitrile) in solution in 5 ml of toluene. The reaction mixture is heated to 100° C. and then the catalyst is added via the syringe driver over a period of 3 hours. The resulting reaction mixture is analyzed by gas chromatography to determine the conversion of 10-undecenenitrile and the selectivities for unsaturated C12 ester-nitrile (cross metathesis product) and for unsaturated C20 dintrile (self-metathesis product).

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