m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → HCID 70371397, compound

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15 g of m-chloroperbenzoic acid are added at 0° to a solution of 20 g of p-(4-n-propylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)-n-pentylbenzene (German Offenlegungsschrift 3,006,666) in 100 ml of ether, and the mixture is stirred for 16 hours. The reaction mixture is extracted several times with 10% sodium hydroxide solution, and the organic phase is dried with sodium sulfate. 40 ml of BF3 /ether complex (50% of BF3) are added to the resulting solution of epoxide, and the mixture is stirred for 5 minutes and is then poured onto ice. Working up in the customary manner gives trans-2-(p-n-pentylphenyl)-5-n-propylcyclohexanone. b.p. (0.1 mm Hg) 140°, c.p. -10°.

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