Journal of the American Chemical Society

Some reactions of Δ2-cyclohexenone, including the synthesis of bicyclo (2, 2, 2)-octanedione-2, 6

PD Bartlett, GF Woods

Index: Bartlett; Woods Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1940 , vol. 62, p. 2933,2936

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Citation Number: 78

Abstract

According to the literat~ re,~-~ A2-cyclohexenone is available by a variety of methods. In attempting to prepare a quantity of this ketone we obtained uniformly poor results with a number of the most promising methods previously described. The best method found was the dehydration at 310-320'of cyclohexanol-2-one-1 by activated alumina, a procedure not previously described. This yielded a mixture which on fractional distillation gave a 35% ...