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Studies on the Autoxidation of Nonbranched Aliphatic Monocarboxylic Acids and Their Methyl Esters
Pritzkow, Wilhelm,Voerckel, Volkmar
, p. 572 - 578 (2007/10/02)
Valeric, caproic, and heptanoic acid and their methyl esters were oxidizied at 140 deg C by molecular oxygen.The oxidation mixtures were reduced by LiAlH4, and the mono- and dihydroxy compounds formed were analyzed gaschromatographically.From the results obtained one can conclude that nonbranched aliphatic acids and their methyl esters are attacked by the chain-carrying peroxy radicals at the different C-H bonds with almost the same regioselectivity as normal paraffins.Only the β- and to a smaller extent the α-positions are desactivated by the neighbouring carboxylic group.