Geraniol → 3,7-Dimethyl-1-octanol

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Reaction Steps

A flask containing a stirring suspension of geraniol (10 ml, 58 mmol) and palladium on carbon (10% Pd, 0.494 g, 0.08 eq) in ethanol (70 ml) was evacuated, and then filled with hydrogen. The reaction mixture was then stirred under an atmosphere of hydrogen for 21 hours. After this time the reaction was filtered and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo to give 43 (5 g, 55%) as a colourless oil.

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