Selective monomethyl esterification of linear dicarboxylic acids with bifunctional alumina catalysts was written by Santacroce, Veronica;Bigi, Franca;Casnati, Alessandra;Maggi, Raimondo;Storaro, Loretta;Moretti, Elisa;Vaccaro, Luigi;Maestri, Giovanni. And the article was included in Green Chemistry in 2016.Electric Literature of C13H24O4 This article mentions the following:
An environmentally friendly protocol for the selective protection of dicarboxylic acids OHC(O)(CH2)nC(O)OH (n = 2, 4, 6, 7, 10) was reported using methanol as a cheap esterifying agent and alumina as a heterogeneous catalyst; the selectivity of the process has been ascribed to a balanced acidity/basicity of the bifunctional alumina catalyst. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 12-Methoxy-12-oxododecanoic acid (cas: 3903-40-0Electric Literature of C13H24O4).
12-Methoxy-12-oxododecanoic acid (cas: 3903-40-0) belongs to esters. Esters perform as high-grade solvents for a broad array of plastics, plasticizers, resins, and lacquers, and are one of the largest classes of synthetic lubricants on the commercial market. Esters are more polar than ethers but less polar than alcohols. They participate in hydrogen bonds as hydrogen-bond acceptors, but cannot act as hydrogen-bond donors, unlike their parent alcohols. This ability to participate in hydrogen bonding confers some water-solubility.Electric Literature of C13H24O4
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