Hydrogen Peroxide → Methyl 4-hydroxymethyl-1-methyl-1-cyclohexanecarboxylate

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Under an argon stream, 12 ml of borane-dimethy sulfide complex (THF 2M solution) was added to a solution of 7 g of methyl 1-methyl-4-methylene-1-cyclohexanecarboxylate (Example 41) in 200 ml of THF, under ice-cooling. The resultant solution was reacted for 2.5 hours at room temperature. Then, 100 ml of purified water was added to the reaction solution. After hydrogen gas ceases to be generated, 50 ml of 3N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added to the solution under ice-cooling. Ten minutes later, 50 ml of an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution was added, and the resultant solution was stirred for 1 hour at 50° C. After reaction, 500 ml of an aqueous sodium chloride solution was added to the reaction solution, thereby isolating the THF layer, which was dried over magnesium sulfate. Thereafter, the solvent was removed in vacuo. The oily substance obtained was subjected to column chromatography using 50 g of silica gel. From the fraction eluted with hexane and ethyl acetate=2:1, the solvent was removed in vacuo, yielding 4.5 g of methyl 4-hydroxymethyl-1-methyl-1-cyclohexanecarboxylate as a colorless oil, which had the following physiochemical properties:

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