3-ethylheptanoic acid

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: Using a 1 liter flask, 0.40 mol triethylamine is added with stirring at room temperature to 0.40 mol 2-ethyl hexane carboxylic acid. After the exothermic reaction has abated, the reaction mixture is diluted with 65 ml cyclohexane and 0.20 mol cobalt nitrate is added. After stirring for 30 minutes, the reaction solution is filtered, leaving a 55.5% blue cobalt octoate solution in cyclohexane. After the exothermic reaction is added the reaction solution is filtered