A. Eisner, T. Perlstein, W. Ault
Oct 1, 1963
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Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society
Abstract
Benzoic acid adds to oleic acid in methanesulfonic acid as catalyst-solvent to form an addition product in 30% yield. Saponification studies on the product reveal that the addition is made via the carboxyl group and no rearrangement of the initial product takes place. A number of substituted benzoic acids were also tried but the yield of addition product was nil. Data are included for the experiments with a number of phenols not previously reported. These include: o-chlorophenol,2,6-di-tert.-butylphenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, resorcinol, 5-n-pentadecylresorcinol, hydroquinone, methyl salicylate, and 3-n-pentadecylphenol. Good yields of addition products of cyclohexene are obtained using methanesulfonic acid as catalyst-solvent and the same nucleophiles employed previously.