84451-52-5Relevant articles and documents
A versatile process for the syntheses of very long chain alkanes, functionalised derivatives and some branched chain hydrocarbons
Brooke, Gerald M.,Burnett, Simon,Mohammed, Shahid,Proctor, David,Whiting, Mark C.
, p. 1635 - 1645 (2007/10/03)
An earlier method for synthesising very long straight-chain alkanes of very specific lengths has been improved to give, in some cases, gram amounts of materials. Eleven compounds have been made: C98H198, C122H246, C162H326, C194H390, C198H398, C210H422, C242H486, C246H494, C258H518, C294H590 and C390H782. The self-condensation reaction of one of the intermediate aldehydes enabled two chain-branched hydrocarbons to be obtained: C96H193CHRC94H189 where R = CH3 and CH3(CH2)3. Three long-chain compounds containing carboxylic acid groups have been prepared: CH3(CH2)190CO2H, HO2C(CH2)48CO2H and HO2C(CH2)192CO2H. Copyright 1996 by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The Synthesis of Long-chain Unbranched Aliphatic Compounds by Molecular Doubling
Paynter, Oliver I.,Simmonds, Derek J.,Whiting, Mark C.
, p. 1165 - 1166 (2007/10/02)
A convenient general synthesis, applicable to alkanes and terminally mono- and di-substituted alkanes of any chain length, is described; cyclododecanone is used as the starting material, and the C12 chain is doubled in length as often as required and adjusted first to a multiple of 12, and then to any desired length.
