Reaction Steps
A 500 ml 3 neck round bottomed flask was charged with 56.1 g of 2-(2,2,3-trimethylcyclopent-3-en-1-yl)-4-methyl-4-pentenol, (0.26 mole), 260 ml of hexane, and 0.75 g of p-TSA. The mixture was then refluxed for 7 hours. After cooling the batch was washed with 250 ml of 10% sodium carbonate, and once with 250 ml of brine. The batch was dried with magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was distilled through a 10 cm micro Vigreaux column to afford 49.6 g of purified product (90% yield). BP 51°-52° C./0.2 mmHg; 1H-NMR (300 MHz), δ 0.85 (3H, s), 0.95 (3H, s), 1.22 (3H, s), 1.27 (3H, s), 1.45 (1H, m), 1.58 (3H, s), 1.73 (1H, m), 1.83-2.0 (2H, m), 2.15 (1H, m), 2.40 (1H, m), 3.46 (1H, m, B part of ABX, JAB =6.63 Hz, JBX =6.63 Hz), 4.07 (1H, t, A part of ABX, JAB =6.63 Hz, JAX =6.63 Hz), 5.21 (1H, s), 13C-NMR (75 MHz), δ 12.59, 19.93, 26.57, 28.87, 29.09, 35.42, 42.06, 45.82, 47.09, 54.39, 72.08, 79.67, 121.98, 149.07; IR (Neat), 2980, 1055 cm-1 ; MS (m/e), 208 (M+), 193, 177, 43 (Base);
