Diethyl lutidinate is a chemical compound. It has been studied for its potential use in hair care.
It can be synthesized by reacting
lutidinic acid with
ethanol
Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is an Alcohol (chemistry), alcohol, with its formula also written as , or EtOH, where Et is the ps ...
at elevated temperature in presence of
sulfuric acid
Sulfuric acid (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphuric acid (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth spelling), known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, ...
.
[Shin, Hyunseo; Moon, Bongjin; Kwon, Hoejun. Transition metal complex containing tetradentate nitrogen donor ligand and electrochemical biosensor comprising same. 2022. WO 2022145982 A1.]
References
Disubstituted pyridines
Ethyl esters
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