The Synthesis of an Analog of the Sex Hormones

WE Bachmann, DG Thomas

Index: Bachmann; Thomas Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1942 , vol. 64, p. 94,95

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Citation Number: 20

Abstract

Anal. Found: C, 84.34; H, 8.04. The distillates were redistilled. The first portion boiled at 80-85' and was an azeotrope of water and methyl iso- propenyl ketone. The second fraction was water, boiling at 98-100". A very small third fraction boiling at 55-60" (3 mm.) was evidently the dimer, 2,6-dimethylocten-l- dione-3,7, which forms when methyl isopropenyl ketone is heated to lW0.5d Reduction of the Polymer of Methyl Isopropenyl Ketone. -To a solution of 25 g. ...