The synthesis and reactions of branched-chain hydrocarbons. Part V. Oxidation of 2: 2: 4-trimethylpentane and of 2: 2: 4: 6: 6-pentamethylheptane by chromic oxide

DP Archer, WJ Hickinbottom

Index: Archner; Hickinbottom Journal of the Chemical Society, 1954 , p. 4197,4199

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Abstract

THE description of the oxidation of 2: 2: 4-trimethylpentane by chromyl chloride (Hobbs and Houston, J. Amer. Chem. SOC., 1954, 76, 1254) has prompted the publication of our results on the oxidation with chromic oxide in acetic anhydride. 2: 2: 4Trimethylpentane (I) in acetic