Synthetic communications

Single step etherification of fatty alcohols by an epihalohydrin

L Najem, ME Borredon

Index: Najem; Borredon Synthetic Communications, 1994 , vol. 24, # 21 p. 3021 - 3030

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Abstract

Abstract A new, single step synthesis of glycidyl ethers from an epihalohydrin (X= Cl, Br) and seven fatty alcohols is proposed in a poorly hydrated solid/liquid heterogeneous basic medium. The selectivity and the yields of the reaction are high. The structural analysis and