A convenient preparation of cyclohexane-1,4-dicarbaldehyde and cyclohexane-1,1,4,4-tetramethanol
Abstract
1,4-Bis(allyloxymethyl)cyclohexane was pyrolysed at 540–545° to give primarily cyclohexane-1,4-dicarbaldehyde, which, after a Tollens reaction, gave cyclohexane-1,1,4,4-tetramethanol.