4,4-Diethylcyclohex-2-en-1-one → 4,4-Diethylcyclohexan-1-one

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In 22 ml of acetic acid was dissolved 2.20 g of 4,4-diethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one, to which was added 0.22 g of 5% palladium-carbon. Under a pressure of 5 atmospheres, the mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for one hour under a stream of hydrogen. The reaction mixture was filtered, and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. Purification of the residue by column chromatography [eluent: hexane:ethyl acetate=10:1] gave 1.90 g of 4,4-diethyl-1-cyclohexanone as a colorless oily product.

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