tert-Butyl hydroperoxide → HCID 20222585, compound

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105 g of a hydrocarbon mixture containing (according to GC) 56% of 1-isopropyl-4,4,7-trimethyl-1,2,3,4,5,8-hexahydronaphthalene (IIo) are dissolved in 400 ml of dichloroethane and treated in accordance with Example 1, method C, with 1.1 g of molybdenum hexacarbonyl, 0.4 g of disodium hydrogen phosphate and 228 ml of a 2.8 molar tert.butyl hydroperoxide solution. After working-up, 115 g of crude product are obtained. By chromatography there is obtained pure 6,7-epoxy-1-isopropyl-4,4,7-trimethyl1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydronaphthalene.

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