tert-Butyl hydroperoxide → HCID 20222582, compound

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35 g of a hydrocarbon mixture containing (according to GC) 43% of 1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4,5,8-hexahydronaphthalene (IIh) are dissolved in 140 ml of 1,2-dichloroethane and treated in accordance with method C described in Example 1 with 0.304 g of molybdenum hexacarbonyl, 0.1148 g of disodium hydrogen phosphate and 65 ml of 2.85 molar tert.butyl hydroperoxide solution. After working-up, 30 g of crude product are obtained. 10 g thereof are chromatographed on 600 g of silica gel Merck (0.04-0.063 mm) (elution agent: 2-3% ether/hexane). 1.9 g of 6,7-epoxy-1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-naphthalene are obtained.

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