Acetic Acid → 3-Acetoxycyclohexene

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A mixture of 0.3 g of di-L-prolinato Copper (II), 15 ml of cyclohexene, 20 ml of acetic acid and 5 ml of t-butyl peroxybehzoate was heated with stirring at 90° C for 5 hours in a nitogen atmosphere. After cooling, the reaction mixture was treated in the same manner as in Example 1 to obtain 2.50 g of 2-cyclohexenyl acetate.

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