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US 4,487,945 AGranted
Preparation of 2-exo-Hydroxy-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorGeorge B. Payne
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Abstract
2-exo-Hydroxy-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes are prepared by treating the corresponding cis-epoxycyclohexanol with acid in an inert solvent or by treating a 3-cyclohexen-1-ol which will produce the corresponding cis-epoxy alcohol successively or concurrently with an oxidizing agent and an acid in an inert solvent.
Claims18
A process for the preparation of a 2-exo-hydroxy-7-oxa-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane which comprises treating a cis-epoxycyclohexanol with acid in an inert solvent and recovering a 2-exo-hydroxy-7-oxa-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane.
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