Acetonitrile → 3-Acetoxycyclohexene

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 0.451 g of (S)-(+)-N-salicylidene-1-phenylethylamine, 0.182 g of cupric acetate, 0.7 g of copper powder, 15 ml of cyclohexene, 15 ml of acetonitrile, 5 ml of acetic acid and 5 ml of t-butyl peroxybenzoate was stirred at 20° to 25° C for 6.5 hours in a nitrogen atmosphere. After the reaction, the reaction mixture was treated in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain 1.60 g of 2-cyclohexenyl acetate.

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