Synthesis of the p-toluenesulfonate of oleyl acohol under conditions of phase-transfer catalysis

The tosylation of oleyl alcohol under the conditions of phase-transfer catalysis has been studied. In this process oleyl p-toluenesulfonate of formed with a yield of up to 80%.Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, 443–445, May–June, 1988.