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HRID 411771Generated: October 26, 2026

Decanoic Acid → Chloromethyl decanoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDecanoic AcidHCID 2969—
ReactantDichloromethaneHCID 6344—
ReactantSodium BicarbonateHCID 516892—
ReactantChloromethyl chlorosulfateHCID 2733556—
CatalystTetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfateHCID 94433—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
ProductChloromethyl decanoateHCID 572571100%

Reaction Conditions

Temperature0 °C

Reaction Steps

Decanoic acid (0.2 gm, 1.2 mmol) was treated with 4 eq NaHCO3, 0.1 eq Bu4NHSO4 and, 1.2 eq ClCH2OSO2Cl in 1:1 CH2Cl2:H2O. The reaction was stirred vigorously at 0° C. for 30 min then room temperature (“RT”) for 3 hrs. Aqueous workup yielded chloromethyldecanoate (yield 100%).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06559164B1
Source datasetuspto-grants-2003_05
ORD IDord-01ffc514e7334937b06f28c9c7eef12f
Source noteuspto-grants-2003_05