Chemical Properties
clear light yellow liquid
Uses
2-Allylcyclohexanone may be used in the synthesis of the following:
- bicyclo[3.3.1]non-2-en-9-one
- R-(-)-epilachnene, an antipode of the defensive droplets from the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis
Synthesis Reference(s)
Chemistry Letters, 13, p. 1721, 1984
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 85, p. 207, 1963
DOI: 10.1021/ja00885a021The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 51, p. 421, 1986
DOI: 10.1021/jo00354a001
General Description
2-Allylcyclohexanone is a β,γ-unsaturated ketone. Selective oxidation of 2-allylcyclohexanone by benzonitrile-hydrogen peroxide has been reported. Asymmetric synthesis of 2-alkylcyclohexanones by alkylation of cyclohexanone enamines (III) of L-proline ester derivatives has been described. Oxidation of 2-allylcyclohexanone by 90% hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by arsonated polystyrene has been studied.
