Acetic Anhydride → HCID 178448090, compound

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Reaction Steps

3.9 g of cis-4-isopropenyl-cyclohexylmethanol, 50 ml of acetic anhydride and 20 ml of pyridine were kept overnight at room temperature. The reaction mixture was then poured onto crushed ice and extracted with ether. The organic layer was successively washed with a 2N solution of Na2CO3, HCl at 10% in water and finally with a saturated aqueous NaCl solution. After the usual treatments of drying and evaporation, the fractional distillation of the obtained residue yielded 3.2 g (65%) of cis-4-isopropenyl-cyclohexylmethyl acetate, bp 105° - 108°/10 Torr.

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