~-Phenylethyl-3-methylcyclohexanol-1 (I) lends itself to an interesting study in cyclodehydration, with results which support Wallach's findings' that 1, 3- dimethylcyclohexanol-3, when dehydrated by dilute sulfuric acid, yielded 1, 3- dimethylcyclohexene-3, except that, under the conditions of our experiments, the olefin formed immediately cyclized to a phenanthrene or a spiro-indan. Using 859.1, sulfuric ...
