Chemical Properties
CLEAR COLOURLESS LIQUID
Uses
2-Decanol is used to develop a miniature catalytic reactor for the oxidation of alcohols with O2 in supercritical CO2. It was used to study the substrate spectrum of phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase with regard to the length of both the acyl chain and the branch at position.
Synthesis Reference(s)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 60, p. 5963, 1995
DOI: 10.1021/jo00123a039
General Description
2-Decanol undergoes Ru(OCOCF
3)
2(CO)(PPh
3)
2-catalyzed hydrogen elimination reaction.
