The major producers of chemicals have been the Europe, Japan and China. Due to the growing call for a cleaner, greener environment, people will have to find innovative ways to maintain their relevance. Here is a compound 7397-62-8, name is Butyl 2-hydroxyacetate. This compound has unique chemical properties. The synthetic route is as follows. COA of Formula: C6H12O3
a1 n-Butyl (t-butyl-dimethyl-silanyloxy)-acetate n-Butyl glycolate (231 g; 1.75 mol) and imidazole (345.1 g; 5.07 mol) are placed together at 0 C. The suspension obtained was treated portionwise with t-butyldimethylchlorosilane (303 g; 2.01 mol) during 1.5 hours. After 20 hours at room temperature the reaction mixture was diluted with ether/n-hexane 1:1 (1 l) and suction filtered. The crystals were rinsed thoroughly with ether/n-hexane 1:1 (200 ml). The filtrate was washed in succession with water (2*700 ml) and saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution (500 ml), dried over magnesium sulphate and concentrated. The oil obtained was distilled over a Vigreux column (7.5 cm). Yield: 405 g (94%) as a colourless oil (b.p. 78 C./0.98 mmHg). IR (film): 1760, 1225, 1206, 1148, 838, 780 cm-1 MS (EI): (M+H)+ 247
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