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Cyclohexene is produced by the partial hydrogenation of benzene, a process developed by the Asahi Chemical company. [4] The main product of the process is cyclohexane because cyclohexene is more easily hydrogenated than benzene. In the laboratory, it can be prepared by dehydration of cyclohexanol. [5] C 6 H 11 OH → C 6 H 10 + H 2 O
4-Methylcyclohexene is an organic compound consisting of cyclohexene with a methyl group substituent attached to carbon most distant from the alkene group. Two other structural isomers are known: 1-methylcyclohexene and 3-methylcyclohexene. All are colorless volatile liquids classified as a cyclic olefins. They are specialized reagents.
Cyclohexylmethanol can be produced in two step starting with the hydroformylation of cyclohexene. This process also give cyclohexane, resulting from hydrogenation. The resulting cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde is then hydrogenated to give the alcohol. [5] [6]
Oxidation of 1-methylcyclohexene catalyzed by cytochrome P450 yields a 2:1 mixture of hydroxylation to epoxidation products. [4] The stereochemistry of hydroformylation has been examined using 1-methylcyclohexene. The main product has the formyl group on the less substituted alkene-carbon, trans with respect to the methyl substituent. [5]
More specifically, it is classified as a thermally allowed [4+2] cycloaddition with Woodward–Hoffmann symbol [π 4 s + π 2 s]. It was first described by Otto Diels and Kurt Alder in 1928. For the discovery of this reaction, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1950. Through the simultaneous construction of two new carbon ...
Cyclohexenone is an organic compound which is a versatile intermediate used in the synthesis of a variety of chemical products such as pharmaceuticals and fragrances. [2] It is colorless liquid, but commercial samples are often yellow.
The reaction conducted in two steps beginning with the conversion of DMT to the diester dimethyl 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate (DMCD): C 6 H 4 (CO 2 CH 3) 2 + 3 H 2 → C 6 H 10 (CO 2 CH 3) 2. In the second step DMCD is further hydrogenated to CHDM: C 6 H 10 (CO 2 CH 3) 2 + 4 H 2 → C 6 H 10 (CH 2 OH) 2 + 2 CH 3 OH. A copper chromite catalyst ...
3-Methylcyclohexene an organic compound consisting of cyclohexene with a methyl group substituent adjacent to the alkene group. Two other structural isomers are known: 1-methylcyclohexene and 4-methylcyclohexene. All are colorless volatile liquids classified as a cyclic olefins. They are specialized reagents.