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Catalytic Transformations of Sesquiterpene Hydrocarbons on Alkali Metal/Aluminum Oxide

1985; Wiley; Volume: 24; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/anie.198503201

1521-3773

Roland Rienäcker, Jürgen Graefe,

Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Selective reactions of cyclic sesquiterpenes such as (+)-calarene 1 are achieved with catalysts formed from 2–10% potassium or sodium and basic Al2O3. Besides isomerization, e.g., to (–)-aristolene 2, the catalysts can also effect dehydrogenations.