The selective hydrogenation of derivatives of pyrrole, indole, carbazole and acridine

H Adkins, HL Coonradt

Index: Adkins; Coonradt Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1941 , vol. 63, p. 1563,1568

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Citation Number: 78

Abstract

-CH3, -COOH and -CH(CHa)CHO as the substituent groups. This aldehydo-acid appears to have two tautomeric forms (a) an enol form in which the aldehyde-containing substituent exists as -C(CHI)=CHOH, and (b) a bicyclic hydroxy- lactone that yields a neutral acetate with acetic anhydride. Distillation at atmospheric pressure converts nepetalic acid into an unsaturated lactone, ne- petalactone, a compound which is found to make up about half of the oil of ...