The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Synthesis of the enantiomers of 4-vinylcyclohexene

EA Mash, TM Gregg

Index: Mash, Eugene A.; Gregg, Timothy M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1995 ,  vol. 60,  # 19  p. 6180 - 6182

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Abstract

Racemic 4vinylcyclohexene (4-VCH) is a volatile byproduct of butadiene rubber manufacture and processing'and is an intermediate in an industrially important synthesis of styrene. 2 There is concern that this hydrocarbon may pose a health risk to human^.^ Preliminary investigations suggest that biological oxidation of 4-VCH leads to toxic mono- and diepoxide derivative^.^ To facilitate a more detailed study of the biological oxidation ...