Ethyl 10-undecenoate → Ethyl 10-Bromodecanoate

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Reaction Steps

The order of functionalization and esterification is not critical. For example, rather than performing an ozonolysis of the starting material, for example, 10-undecylenic acid, as described above, the starting material first may be esterified with ethanol or other alcohol to form an ester, for example, ethyl 10-undecylenate. Next, the ester can undergo functionalization by first ozonating the ester and then reducing the ozonide using, for example, sodium borohydride to form a hydroxylated ester, for example, ethyl 10-hydroxydecanoate. The hydroxylated ester finally is converted to the desired functionalized ester using, for example, PBr3 to form ethyl 10-bromodecanoate.

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