Tetrahedron

Transformations of geraniol in aqueous acid solutions

KL Stevens, L Jurd, G Manners

Index: Stevens,K.L. et al. Tetrahedron, 1972 , vol. 28, p. 1939 - 1944

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Citation Number: 36

Abstract

Geraniol decomposition in aqueous oxalic acid yields twenty-three identified products, most of which retain the oxidation level of geraniol and result from simple hydration and proton- transfer reactions. However, a large quantity of the reduced alcohol, citronellol, is formed along with cymenol, the oxidation product of α-terpineol, indicating that hydride ion transfer reactions play a major role in these terpene alcohol interconversions.