Alkylation of phenol by myrtenol in the presence of aluminum phenoxide and aluminum isopropoxide was studied in the temperature range 120–160°C. The reaction occurred with the formation of an array of alkylated phenols. Isomerization of the terpene substituent as a result of rearrangements of the bicyclic myrtenol structure was observed. The side reaction of myrtenol reduction occurred during the alkylation in the presence of aluminum isopropoxide. A significant number of compounds with two aromatic moieties was formed in the presence of aluminum phenoxide.
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Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, July–August, 2011, pp. 494–501.
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Koroleva, A.A., Chukicheva, I.Y., Fedorova, I.V. et al. Alkylation of phenol by myrtenol. Chem Nat Compd 47, 556 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-011-9995-0
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