Water → Citronellyl Acetate

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Reaction Steps

To 15.6 g (0.1 mol) d1-citronellol in 20 ml of dry pyridine under nitrogen is added 11.3 ml (0.12 mol) of acetic anhydride. The reaction is stirred about 48 hours and then ice is added. After one hour, the reaction is poured into hexane and water. The organic phase is washed with 5% HCl, 2M sodium carbonate, and saturated NaCl solutions, dried over calcium sulfate and solvent removed to yield dl-citronellyl acetate.

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