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Dimethyl-(4-methyl-1-cyclohexenyl)methyl and 2-(1-methylethylidene)-5- methylcyclohexyl ethers from pulegone
Spencer
, p. 1603 - 1615 (2007/10/02)
NaBH4 reduction of pulegone (1) in short chain alcohols followed by acidification of the reaction mixture gives dimethyl-(4-methyl-1- cyclohexenyl) ethers. Acid catalyzed transetherification of these ethers in longer chain alcohols yields mixtures of the title compounds.