Hydrogenolysis of terpenes in the injection port of a gas chromatograph: I. Monoterpenes
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Beroza's techniques for the hydrogenolysis of minute amounts of organic compounds have been applied to representative monoterpenes using a 2% palladium on Chromosorb W catalyst in the gas-liquid chromatographic injection port. The acyclic systems studied gave the parent saturated hydrocarbon with the exception of primary alcohols where the major product resulted from the loss of CH2OH. Under the experimental conditions used cyclopropane rings were cleaved, four- and five-membered rings remained intact, and six-membered rings predominantly gave the corresponding aromatic product together with small amounts of the isomeric menthanes. The hydrogenolysis products were identified by mass and infrared spectrometry. Kovats indices of the products were determined on Carbowax 20M and SF-96 (50) capillary columns. © 1972.
TNO Identifier
227318
ISSN
00219673
Source
Journal of Chromatography A, 66(2), pp. 229-237.
Pages
229-237
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