Volume 30, Issue 5 pp. 1133-1136
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Water-Promoted Kinetic Separation of trans- and cis-Limonene Oxides

Zhao-Bing Xu

Zhao-Bing Xu

State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

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Jin Qu

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Jin Qu

State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China, Tel.: 0086-(22)-23499247Search for more papers by this author
First published: 07 March 2012
Citations: 8

Abstract

The efficient hydrolytic kinetic separation of trans/cis-(R)-(+)-limonene oxides was realized in a 1:1 mixed solvent of water and 1,4-dioxane without additional catalyst. Optically pure trans-(R)-(+)-limonene oxide was recovered in high yield (77%).

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