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Reduction of methyl oleate ozonolysis products to aldehydes with activated zinc
Author(s) -
Awl R. A.,
Pryde E. H.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02637276
Subject(s) - zinc , ozonolysis , acetic acid , chemistry , aldehyde , yield (engineering) , organic chemistry , catalysis , materials science , metallurgy
Reduction of methyl oleate ozonolysis products with active zinc in the absence of acid or water gave an 88% yield of methyl azelaaldehydate. Under these neutral conditions, side reactions such as acetalization and aldehyde condensations could be more conveniently avoided than when zinc‐acetic acid reduction is used. The activated zinc was prepared by treatment with acetic acid followed by washing to remove the acid.