Methanol → HCID 178442528, compound

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Reaction Steps

4-(4'-Heptylphenyl)phenol (200 g) was dissolved in ethanol (0.5 l) and a commercially available Raney nickel catalyst (20 g) was added, followed by hydrogenation at 80°~120° C. under hydrogen pressures of 30~40 Kg/cm2G for 6 hours in an autoclave. The reaction was traced by gas chromatography (column: SIDC-560-10%, 2 m, 280° C.), and when the raw material was extinct, the reaction was stopped. The catalyst was filtered off from the hydrogenation product, and after ethanol was distilled off under reduced pressure, the product was dissolved in toluene (200 ml). On the other hand, metallic sodium (18.4 g) was added to toluene (400 ml), followed by heating to 110° C. and then quenching down to room temperature under high speed agitation to prepare a sodium dispersion. To this dispersion was added the above toluene solution of the hydrogenation product, followed by stirring at room temperature for one hour. The mixture was further agitated at 100° C. for 4 hours, followed by cooling and then gradually adding methanol (200 ml). The whole mixture was transferred into a separating funnel and washed twice with 10% hydrochloric acid (200 ml) and once with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate (200 ml), followed by repeated washings with water until the water layer became neutral. The toluene layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and toluene was distilled off under reduced pressure, followed by adding n-hexane (200 ml) and standing still overnight obtain crystals of trans-4-(4'-heptylphenyl)cyclohexanol. Yield: 41.6 g, 20.4%, m.p.: 80.2°~82.5° C.

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