1-Octanol → Pentanoic acid, 5-(octyloxy)-

HRID 362759Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 362759 reaction equation
Br[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][C:6]([OH:8])=[O:7].[OH-].[K+].[CH2:11]([OH:19])[CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH3:18]>>[CH2:11]([O:19][CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][C:6]([OH:8])=[O:7])[CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH3:18]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 9571-OctanolHCID 14797Potassium HydroxideHCID 163685-Bromovaleric acid

Product 1

HCID 452109Pentanoic acid, 5-(octyloxy)-Yield 9%

Conditions

Temperature
97 °C

Procedure

5-bromopentanoic acid (2g, 11.0 mmol) was added to a solution of potassium hydroxide (2.48 g, 44.2 mmol) in 1-octanol (20 mL) and stirred at 97° C. for 27 hrs. After cooling, the product was extracted at pH=1 with ethyl acetate and water. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate and solvent was removed. 1-octanol was removed by short path (Kugelrohr) distillation (50°-70° C., 0.5 mm Hg). To ensure complete cleavage of the octyl ester, the residue was stirred 3 hrs with methanol/water/KOH (50%/50%/2.5 g, 40 mL) at 25° C. 1-octanol was extracted into ethyl acetate at pH=12. 5-(octyloxy)pentanoic acid was extracted from the aqueous phase into ethyl acetate after adjusting the pH to 1.5 with HCl. After drying over sodium sulfate, the solvent was removed at reduced pressure. Silica column chromatography in 10% ethyl acetate/hexane/0.3% formic acid, yielded 5-(octyloxy)pentanoic acid (235 mg, 9%): mp<30° C.; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 0.88 (t, 3H, J=6.6), 1.18-1.39 (bm, 10H, methylene envelope), 1.48-1.77 (bm, 6H, CH2CH2OCH2CH2, CH2CH2COOH), 2.39 (t, 2H, J=7.1, CH2COOH), 3.34-3.49 (bm, 4H, CH2OCH2), 10.66 (br, 1H, COOH); 13C NMR (75.4 MHz, CDCl3) 14.18, 21.59, 22.73, 26.22, 29.03, 29.32, 29.51, 29.72, 31.89, 33.85, 70.22, 71.07, 179.55; m/z 231 (M+H).

Workup

  1. temperatureAfter cooling
  2. extractionthe product was extracted at pH=1 with ethyl acetate and water
  3. dry with materialThe organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate and solvent
  4. customwas removed
  5. custom1-octanol was removed by short path (Kugelrohr) distillation (50°-70° C., 0.5 mm Hg)
  6. stirringthe residue was stirred 3 hrs with methanol/water/KOH (50%/50%/2.5 g, 40 mL) at 25° C
  7. extraction1-octanol was extracted into ethyl acetate at pH=12
  8. extraction5-(octyloxy)pentanoic acid was extracted from the aqueous phase into ethyl acetate
  9. dry with materialAfter drying over sodium sulfate
  10. customthe solvent was removed at reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3aabcf94ce574e83be2c96a85c1f5cee
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_02
Patent number
US05871954

Reaction notes

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