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HRID 483577Generated: October 25, 2026

Chloroform → 4-Hexadecyloxyphenoxyacetic acid methyl ester

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantChloroformHCID 6212—
ReactantPotassium CarbonateHCID 11430—
ReactantMethyl bromoacetateHCID 60984—
Reactant4-(Hexadecyloxy)phenolHCID 4377937—
SolventAcetoneHCID 180—
Product4-Hexadecyloxyphenoxyacetic acid methyl esterHCID 1025079489.4%

Reaction Steps

A mixture of 23 g of p-(hexadecyloxy)phenol, 13.35 g of methyl bromoacetate, 10.45 g of potassium carbonate in 200 ml of acetone is refluxed for 24 hours. The mixture is cooled, chloroform added and filtered. The filtrate is evaporated and the residue crystallized from hexane to give 25 g of the desired compound as a gray white solid.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05225425
Source datasetuspto-grants-1993_07
ORD IDord-cf88eb1d66004d619dd334b61383ae1e
Source noteuspto-grants-1993_07