Reactions of Esters of Stearic Acid with Ethylenediamine in Alcoholic Solution

Each kind of the two esters of stearic acid and ethylenediamine (mole ratio 1 : 8) were refluxboiled together. As a resulf, it was made clear that the reactivity of each ester to ethylenediamine was different greatly by the kind of alcohol composing the ester and the chlorohydrin ester changed into the corresponding substituted amide more easily than the methyl ester. Several products obtained from the chlorohydrin ester were investigated.