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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

02

Preparation of geranylacetone

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

Sunthesis of geranylacetone

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