Direct conversion of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone of palmitaldehyde to its dimethyl acetal

• Main Authors: V. Mahadevan, F. Phillips, W.O. Lundberg
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1965-07-01
• Series: Journal of Lipid Research
• Subjects: palmitaldehyde; dinitrophenylhydrazone; dimethyl acetal; conversion; BF3–methanol; methanolic HCl
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520393160
• ISSN: 0022-2275

A simple procedure is described for the direct conversion of the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone of palmitaldehyde to the corresponding dimethyl acetal, using BF3-methanol reagent or 10% methanolic HCl in the presence of a keto compound.