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Chapter 22: 48E (page 752)

How might you convert geraniol into either ethyl geranylacetate or geranylacetone?

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The geraniol is converted into geranylacetate and geranylacetone.

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Preparation of geranylacetate

The process of conversion of geraniol into geranylacetate is as follows,

Synthesis of ethyl geranylacetate

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Preparation of geranylacetone

The process of conversion of geraniol into geranylacetone is as follows,

Sunthesis of geranylacetone

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