Journal of the American Chemical Society

A synthesis of 3-(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)-propanol-1, a product of the hydrogenation of lignin

E Bowden, H Adkins

Index: Bowden; Adkins Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1940 , vol. 62, p. 2422

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Citation Number: 13

Abstract

Anisaldehyde, I, was condensed with ethyl acetate under the influence of sodium to give p- methoxycinnamic ester, I1; the latter was hydrogenated over Raney nickel to p- (pmethoxyphenyl)-propionic ester, I11; the latter was hydrolyzed to P-(p-hydroxyphenyl)- propionic acid, IV, under the influence of hydroiodic acid. The acid was esterified, the benzenoid ring hydrogenated over Raney nickel to give the corresponding cyclohexane ...