Δ2-cyclohexenone and related substances

FC Whitmore, GW Pedlow Jr

Index: Whitmore; Pedlow Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1941 , vol. 63, p. 758

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Citation Number: 44

Abstract

In view of the recent paper of Bartlett and Woods, l we are presenting the findings of our studies on the preparation and reactions of A2-cyclohexenone and related compounds. For some time this Laboratory has been interested in the rearrangements accompanying the oxidation of olefins. 2 In connection with this interest, cyclohexene was oxidized with chromic anhydride in acetic acid solution. No evidence of ring contraction or other ...