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Alumina‐Catalyzed Alcoholysis of Cyclohexene Oxide
Author(s) -
Posner Gary H.,
Rogers Donald Z.,
Romero Arthur
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.197900039
Subject(s) - epoxide , cyclohexene oxide , chemistry , catalysis , methanol , alcohol , zeolite , oxide , cyclohexene , organic chemistry
Alcoholysis of cyclohexene oxide by methanol and allyl alcohol, catalyzed by chromatographic γ‐alumina, was studied. Two procedures were used: (1) passing a mixture of the epoxide and alcohol through a column of alumina at 25° and (2) stirring a mixture of epoxide and alcohol over alumina at 100°. The 25° column procedure allowed conversion of ca 2 mmol of epoxide per 1 g of alumina, and the 100°‐reaction allowed catalytic conversion of ca 100 mmol of epoxide per 1 g of alumina. These results are compared with those reported for zeolite catalysts.