2-CYCLOHEXEN-1-OL

Chemical Properties

Clear colorless liquid

Synthesis Reference(s)

Tetrahedron Letters, 25, p. 527, 1984 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)99928-3

Purification Methods

Purify 2-cyclohexen-1-ol by distillation through a short Vigreux column (p 11). The 2,4-dinitrobenzoyl derivative has m 120.5o, and the phenylurethane has m 107o. [Pedersen et al. Org Synth 48 18 1968, Cook J Chem Soc 1774 1938, Deiding & Hartman J Am Chem Soc 75 3725 1953, Beilstein 6 IV 196.]