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HRID 1658430Generated: October 28, 2026

Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Methyl-6-methylene-7-octen-2-ol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantHydrochloric AcidHCID 313—
ReactantMyrceneHCID 31253—
ReactantOxirane, 2,2-dimethyl-3-(3-methylene-4-penten-1-yl)-HCID 122371—
Product2-Methyl-6-methylene-7-octen-2-olHCID 10975—

Reaction Steps

76 g. of epoxymyrcene, prepared according to the method described in paragraph a) by epoxidation of myrcene, were added dropwise between -5° and 0°, with good stirring. Then the mixture was stirred with 200 ml. ice-water and neutralised with diluted HCl. Following the same isolation procedure described in paragraph b) 1. the sec.-myrcenol was obtained with a comparable yield.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS03963783
Source datasetuspto-grants-1976_06
ORD IDord-9426bac87e4c43bebe9b9df9057c6ef0
Source noteuspto-grants-1976_06