Oleyl Alcohol → Octadeca-1,9-diene

HRID 579886Notes

Reaction equation

[CH2:1](O)[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8]/[CH:9]=[CH:10]\[CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH3:18].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Al+3].[Al+3]>>[CH2:1]=[CH:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH:9]=[CH:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH3:18]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 5284499Oleyl Alcohol

HCID 9989226Alumina

Product 1

HCID 54001812Octadeca-1,9-diene

Procedure

Oleyl alcohol, having about a 4/1 cis/trans ratio, is dehydrated over gamma-alumina in the presence of nitrogen to produce 1,9-octadecadiene.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-ef868b17bb094e699771e6e2a03749dd
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1988_06
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04749818

Reaction notes

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