Butanal → Butanal

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Reaction Steps

Butyraldehyde (28.8 g.) in petrol (100 c.c.) was cooled to below 0°C and with stirring treated with 1-amino-1-hydroperoxy-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane (33 g.; 93% pure). When the solid had dissolved the aqueous phase was removed and the petrol solution dried with magnesium sulphate overnight at 0°C. The working up as in Example 55 gave butyraldehyde, dihydroisophorone and the same peroxide (33.0 g.) b.p. 96° - 98°C/ 0.6 mm, as in Example 55.

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