Methanol → 1-Methoxy-2-dodecanol

HRID 720228Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 720228 reaction equation
[CH3:1][OH:2].[O:3]1[CH:5]([CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH3:15])[CH2:4]1>>[CH3:1][O:2][CH2:4][CH:5]([OH:3])[CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][CH3:15]

Participants

3

Conditions

Temperature
60 °C

Procedure

The same reactor that was used in Production Example 5 was charged with 64 g (2 mol) of methanol and 2 g of boron trifluoride diethyl ether complex and then the mixture was raised to 60° C. Then, 184.3 g (1 mol) of 1,2-epoxydodecane was added dropwise to the mixture over one hour and the resulting mixture was kept as it was for 3 hours. The reaction was terminated just after confirming that 1,2-epoxydodecane left unreacted was less than 1% by gas chromatography and then the reaction mixture was cooled. Thereafter, methanol was removed in the same manner as in Production Example 5 to obtain 2-hydroxydodecyl methyl ether.

Workup

  1. customThe reaction was terminated just
  2. waitleft unreacted
  3. temperaturethe reaction mixture was cooled
  4. customThereafter, methanol was removed in the same manner as in Production Example 5

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-db80ebc7b88445a794e1d3f12f9b1ff2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_11
Patent number
US07135443B2

Reaction notes

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