Abstract
The thermal addition of formaldehyde to linear olefins such as octene-1, octene 2 and heptene-3 was studied. When mixtures of unsaturated hydrocarbons and paraformaldehyde were heated in an autoclave in the presence of acetic anhydride, acetate of unsaturated primary alcohols were produced. By saponification of these acetates the corresponding alcohols were obtained. From octene-1 a mixture of acetate of traps- and crs-3-nonene-1-ol, from octene-2 a mixture of acetate of 2-vinylheptanol-1 and 2-methyl-3-octene-1-ol were produced respectively. In these reactions acetic anhydride was a more effective solvent than acetic acid. No alcoholic compound was obtained from heptene-3.
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