Myrcene → Hydrochloric Acid

Reaction equation

[CH2:1]([Cl:11])/[CH:2]=[C:3](/[CH2:5][CH2:6][CH:7]=[C:8]([CH3:10])[CH3:9])\[CH3:4].C(Cl)/C=C(\CCC=C(C)C)/C.CC(C)=CCCC(C=C)=C>>[CH3:9][C:8]([CH3:10])=[CH:7][CH2:6][CH2:5][C:3]([CH:2]=[CH2:1])=[CH2:4].[ClH:11]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 31253Myrcene

HCID 5874259Neryl chloride

HCID 6372219Geranyl chloride

Product 2

HCID 313Hydrochloric Acid

HCID 31253Myrcene

Procedure

The mixture of geranyl chloride and neryl chloride can be obtained by hydrochlorination of myrcene in the presence of one mole of anhydrous hydrogen chloride per mole of myrcene under the conditions described above for the preparation of 1,7-dichloro-3,7-dimethyl-octene.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-181359890b67416888f5260243f51a21
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1987_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04636570

Reaction notes

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