Ethyl 4-(6-hydroxyhexyloxy)benzoate → 4-(6-Hydroxyhexyloxy)benzoic acid

HRID 428642Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 428642 reaction equation
[OH:1][CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][O:8][C:9]1[CH:19]=[CH:18][C:12]([C:13]([O:15]CC)=[O:14])=[CH:11][CH:10]=1>[OH-].[K+]>[OH:1][CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][O:8][C:9]1[CH:10]=[CH:11][C:12]([C:13]([OH:15])=[O:14])=[CH:18][CH:19]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 1

HCID 18465954Ethyl 4-(6-hydroxyhexyloxy)benzoate

Product 1

HCID 36284134-(6-Hydroxyhexyloxy)benzoic acid

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 14797Potassium HydroxideSolvent

Procedure

23.5 g (0.088 mole) ethyl 4-(6-hydroxyhexyloxy)benzoate (as crude product) was added to 300 mL 0.5 M KOH and refluxed for 5 hours.

Workup

  1. temperaturerefluxed for 5 hours

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-73a6a4c7a0374ab2b90404fe833ef3cd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2001_11
Patent number
US06313326B1

Reaction notes

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