1-chloropent-2-ene

Conditions: temp:5.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To 0.48 gm of magnesium in a thoroughly dried flask equipped with condensor and magnetic stirrer was added 2 mls of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran and 0.3 ml of butyl chloride. The mixture was stirred and heated at reflux until reaction initiated (approximately 10 minutes). After 5 minutes, portionwise addition of 3.5 gms of 1,1-diethoxy-9-chloro nonane in 10 ml of tetrahydrofuran was begun. When the addition was complete (15 minutes) the mixture was stirred and heated for 2 hours. It was then cooled to 5° C. in an ice bath and 30 gms of a mixture of 3-chloro-1-pentene (approximately 40%) and 1-chloro-2-pentene (approximately 60%) was added all at once. The mixture was heated slowly and stirred, whereupon it became cloudy. Heating was continued at reflux temperature for 2 hours. The mixture was then cooled, poured into 100 ml of 3 N-hydrochloric acid and diluted with 100 ml of tetrahydrofuran and 150 ml of acetone. The resulting solution was stirred and heated for 30 minutes. It was then concentrated on rotary evaporator and extracted twice with 100 mls of hexane. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulphate, evaporated and distilled. The majority distilled at 110° C. at 0.35 torr and yielded 2.11 gms of 11-tetradecenal. heated at reflux until reaction (approximately 10 minutes) When the addition (15 minutes) was stirred heated for 2 hours The mixture was heated slowly stirred, whereupon it Heating at reflux temperature for 2 hours The mixture was then cooled The resulting solution was stirred heated for 30 minutes It was then concentrated on rotary evaporator extracted twice with 100 mls of hexane The organic layer was dried over sodium sulphate evaporated distilled The majority distilled at 110° C. at 0.35 torr