2-Ethylhexanol → HCID 54057365, compound

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Into a one-liter, four-necked round bottom flask equipped with a thermometer, distillation head, and glass stirrer with TEFLON paddle were charged 82.5 grams of 2-propyl o-sulfobenzoate solution in isopropanol and 100 grams of 2-ethylhexanol. The solution was vacuum distilled to a pot temperature of 105° C. and subsequently the vacuum was turned off and the reaction mixture held at 105° C. for one hour. The resultant 2-ethylhexyl o-sulfobenzoate was a brown liquid with an acid value of 102.

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