Research Article
Acylation of Chiral Alcohols: A Simple Procedure for Chiral GC Analysis
Table 2
Influence of reaction time and molar ratios 2-heptanol : acetic acid in the 1-methylhexyl acetate yields.
| Entry | Molar ratio (heptanol : acetic acid) | Time (h) | % 1-methylhexyl acetate | SD | Tukey-Kramer* |
| 1 | 1 : 1 | 24 | 71.04 | — | A | 2 | 48 | 87.03 | 1.70 | B |
| 3 | 1 : 1.5 | 4 | 76.60 | 0.97 | C A | 4 | 24 | 82.42 | 3.61 | D B | 5 | 48 | 91.48 | 3.16 | E B |
| 6 | 1 : 2 | 4 | 65.49 | 5.11 | F A | 7 | 8 | 78.58 | 0.82 | A C D | 8 | 24 | 90.63 | 0.51 | G B | 9 | 48 | 91.76 | 2.84 | G B |
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*Tukey-Kramer pairwise differences adjustment method, .
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