54934-65-5

Basic information

• Product Name: 3-Oxoheptadecanoic acid methyl ester
• Synonyms: 3-Oxoheptadecanoic acid methyl ester
• CAS NO: 54934-65-5
• Molecular Formula: C18H34O3
• Molecular Weight: 298.46
• Mol File: 54934-65-5.mol
• Article Data: 1

Chemical Properties

• Appearance: /
• CAS DataBase Reference: 3-Oxoheptadecanoic acid methyl ester(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 3-Oxoheptadecanoic acid methyl ester(54934-65-5)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 3-Oxoheptadecanoic acid methyl ester(54934-65-5)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 54934-65-5(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 17746-08-6 pentadecanoyl chloride 
• 105-45-3 acetoacetic acid methyl ester 
• 1007476-32-5 sodium ethyl acetylacetate enolate 

Downstream Products

• 2420-38-4 methyl 4-hydroxyoctadecanoate 
• 16694-30-7 4-oxooctadecanoic acid 

Relevant articles and documents

Process for producing 3-oxocarboxylic acid esters

A novel process for producing 3-oxocarboxylic acid esters, which are useful as intermediates in the synthesis of ceramides to be used as a humectant, biodegradable polymers, drugs, etc., at a high purity and a high yield without requiring any troublesome procedure, is disclosed. The process comprises reacting an acetoacetic ester with a calcium compound, a barium compound or a strontium compound in the presence of an organic solvent at a temperature of 10 to 120° C., further reacting the obtained product with a carboxylic acid chloride to thereby acylate it, and then adding thereto an alcohol in an amount 1 to 5 times by mol as much as the calcium compound, barium compound or strontium compound to thereby deacetylate the same.