1-Butanol → HCID 54574149, compound

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A solution of 100 mg of sodium in 85 ml of n-butanol is placed in a flask filled with nitrogen and cooled to ca 5° C. At this temperature, 20 g (0.09 mol) of 3-ethyl-4,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienoic acid ethyl ester are added. The mixture is then warmed to 60° C for 5 hours and to 100° C for 3 hours. For the working-up, the mixture is acidified with a few drops of glacial acetic acid and then the major part of the n-butanol is distilled off on a rotary evaporator. The residue is taken up in n-hexane, washed twice with sodium bicarbonate solution and three times with water, dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated. The crude product (19.3 g) is fractionally distilled. There are obtained 16.4 g (73%) of pure 3-ethyl-4,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienoic acid n-butyl ester of boiling point 90°-92° C/0.04 mm Hg; nD20 = 1.4677.

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