Preparation of dicarboxylic acid - type Gemini surfactant via Diels-Alder reaction & ozone oxidation

Abstract

We wish to report a novel preparation method for Gemsurf analogs as well as dicarboxylic acid - type Gemini surfactant from Diels-Alder adducts of 2-trimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadiene, in which ozone oxidation is adopted to convert C=C double bond to dicarboxylic acid without any additional oxidant. ©2013 by Japan Oil Chemists' Society.