Semimicro/Microscale Adaptation of the Cobalt Chloride/Sodium Borohydride Reduction of Methyl Oleate

James R. McKee ^[1] ; Murray Zanger ^[1] ; Carmine Chiariello ^[1] ; James A. McKee ^[1] ; Walter Dorfner ^[1] ; Elisabetta Fasella ^[1] ; Yumee Koo ^[1]
1. [1] University of the Sciences
  
  University of the Sciences
  
  City of Philadelphia, Estados Unidos
Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 96, Nº 4, 2019, págs. 772-775
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- The reduction of alkenes usually involves a hydrogen source and a catalyst. This process is both expensive and not well-suited for a large teaching laboratory. This paper presents an alternative procedure using a mixture of cobalt chloride and sodium borohydride to achieve the reduction of methyl oleate to methyl stearate. This procedure is safe, simple, and inexpensive. NMR spectroscopy is used as an analytical tool to determine the extent of the reduction.