Cyclooctanol is a key starting material used for the preparation of cylooctanone by using a chromic acid reagent.
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Applications
Cyclooctanol is a key starting material used for the preparation of cylooctanone by using a chromic acid reagent.
Solubility
Miscible with acetone.
Notes
Contains 75+% cyclopentane; remainder consists of C{5} and C{6} hydrocarbon.Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, acid chloride, and acid anhydrides.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Oxidation of secondary alcohols to ketones with chromic acid in acetone (Jones' reagent) is exemplified for the preparation of cyclooctanone: Org. Synth. Coll., 5, 310 (1973).
- Ren, Y.; Cheng, X.; Yang, K.; Zhu, X.; Li, H.; Wang, Y. Raman study of plastic crystal phase of cyclooctanol under high pressure with different compression rate. J. Mol. Struct. 2015, 1012, 6-10.
- Huang, Y. B.; Shen, M.; Wang, X.; Shi, P. C.; Li, H.; Cao, R. Hierarchically micro- and mesoporous metal-organic framework-supported alloy nanocrystals as bifunctional catalysts: Toward cooperative catalysis. J. Catal. 2015, 330, 452-457.