Isopropanol → 2-[(Propan-2-yl)oxy]cyclohexan-1-ol

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Cyclohexene oxide (9.8 g, 0.1 mole) was added dropwise to a refluxing mixture of isopropanol (2 moles) in which was suspended acidified Fullers' earth (Fulcat 22B) (1% w/w) as catalyst. Immediately thereafter the catalyst was removed by filtration and the product was stripped of isopropanol by distillation. The residue was fractionated to yield 13.3 g of 2-isopropoxy cyclohexanol (yield 90% based upon cyclohexene oxide).

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