Methyl Acetate → Methanol

HRID 441349Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 441349 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:4][CH3:5])(=[O:3])[CH3:2].[C:6](OC)(=O)[CH3:7].[CH3:11][OH:12]>>[C:1]([O:4][CH2:5][CH:6]=[CH2:7])(=[O:3])[CH3:2].[CH3:11][OH:12]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 6584Methyl Acetate2×HCID 11389366Methyl acetate methanol

Product 2

HCID 887MethanolYield 90%HCID 11584Allyl acetateYield 89%

Procedure

The tandem tube reactors are operated as described in Example 2, with substitution of 740 grams per hour of pure methyl acetate for the methyl acetate-methanol azeotrope. Analysis of the condensed phases indicates the collection per hour of 157 grams of methyl acetate (21% unconverted), 705 grams of allyl acetate (89% yield based on 79% conversion), and 227 grams of methanol (90% yield).

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-efe053caa7ad478ba0f9f9348d4601d0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1977_08
Patent number
US04039592

Reaction notes

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