Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide → HCID 178455793, compound

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A mixture of 122 mg of trans-4-ethynylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid, 145 mg of trans-4-pentylcyclohexanol, 206 mg of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and 12.2 mg of 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine in 10 ml of methylene chloride was stirred at room temperature for 21 hours. The separated white precipitate was filtered off, the filtrate was poured into 50 ml of water and extracted three times with 50 ml of methylene chloride each time. The organic phases were washed once with 50 ml of water, twice with 30 ml of 5% aqueous acetic acid each time and twice with 30 ml of water each time, dried over magnesium sulphate and concentrated. Low-pressure chromatography (0.5 bar) of the residue on silica gel with 5% ethyl acetate/petroleum ether gave 159 mg (65%) of trans-4-ethynylcyclohexanecarboxylic acid trans-4-pentylcyclohexyl ester as a colourless crystallizing oil. Additional crystallization from isopropanol at -20° C. yielded and analytically pure ester; m.p. (C-I) 54.2° C., cl.p. (N-I) 40.5° C.

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