Formic Acid → HCID 54083355, compound

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275 g (0.75 mole) of 3,7,11,15,19-pentamethyl-1-eicosen-3-ol (formula II, with n=3) and 390 g (7.6 moles) of 90 percent strength by weight formic acid were reacted at 60° C. by a method similar to that of Example 1; the reaction time was 9 hours. 545 g of 85.8 percent strength by weight formic acid were recovered. The crude 3,7,11,15,19-pentamethyl-2-eicosen-1-yl formate was distilled through a Claisen head. The yield was 221 g (corresponding to 74.7% to 74.7% of theory); boiling point 176°-178° C./0.1 mbar; nD25 =1.4582.

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