Editing 1-Hexanol (section)

===Alternative methods===
Another method of preparation entails [[hydroformylation]] of [[1-pentene]] followed by [[hydrogenation]] of the resulting aldehydes.  This method is practiced in industry to produce mixtures of isomeric C<sub>6</sub>-alcohols, which are precursors to [[plasticizer]]s.<ref name="Ullmann"/>

In principle, [[1-Hexene|1-hexene]] could be converted to 1-hexanol by [[hydroboration]] ([[diborane]] in [[tetrahydrofuran]] followed by treatment with [[hydrogen peroxide]] and [[sodium hydroxide]]):

[[Image:Hexene-hexanol.png|center]]
[[File:Hexan-1-ol.jpg|thumb|Hexan-1-ol]]

This method is instructive and useful in laboratory synthesis but of no practical relevance because of the commercial availability of inexpensive 1-hexanol from [[ethylene]].