(2-Ethyl-5-oxo-hexyl) methylthiomethyl phthalate as by-product of the Swern oxidation: improved synthesis of ring-deuterated major metabolites of bis (2-ethylhexyl) …

HD Gilsing, J Angerer, D Prescher

Index: Gilsing, Hans-Detlev; Angerer, Juergen; Prescher, Dietrich Monatshefte fur Chemie, 2003 , vol. 134, # 9 p. 1207 - 1213

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Abstract

Summary. Two ring-deuterated major metabolites of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate were obtained in excellent yields by means of an improved oxidation procedure. The by-product of their interconversion by Swern oxidation is elucidated and a possible mechanism of its formation is proposed.