Table 2.

Solvents, reaction conditions, conversions and reaction rate constants, k, for small scale batch reactions of myrcene (1) with acrylic acid (2b); for further details on derivation of k values see Supporting Information File 1.

entry	solvent	cMYR,0 [mol L−1]a	R [–]b	T [°C]	reaction time [h]	conversion [%]c	k × 103 [L mol−1 s−1]d
2.1	EtOAc	2.8	0.9	120	2	92	0.53
2.2	EtOAc	2.8	0.9	140	2	99	3.44
2.3	toluene	2.8	0.9	100	2	84	0.27
2.4	toluene	2.8	0.9	120	2	95	1.14
2.5	toluene	2.8	0.9	140	2	99	4.75
2.6	toluene	2.9	1.1	160	1	~100	27.05
2.7	toluene	2.9	1.2	160	1	~100	–

^aInitial myrcene concentration; ^bratio of myrcene to acrylic acid; ^cconversions were calculated based on NMR; ^dk was derived from kinetic studies plotted in Figure 1 for entries 2.1 to 2.6, as in these experiments R was close to 1 (between 0.9 and 1.1).