263. Experiments on the synthesis of santonin. Part II. The preparation of compounds containing the dienone system present in santonin

FD Gunstone, RM Heggie

Index: Gunstone; Heggie Journal of the Chemical Society, 1952 , p. 1437,1441

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 11

Abstract

The condensation product (11) was highly coloured and its reduction with palladiumcharcoal was extremely slow. After various failures, treatment with Raney nickel was found to give a colourless ketone, the absorption spectrum showing that no reduction