“…Vacuum chromatography using light petroleum*thyl acetate (1 : 3) as the eluant gave the product (6) (40.5 g, 71%) as a white solid, m.p. 97-98 "C (white needles from ether-light petroleum); v, , , 3 609 (OH), 1 691 (NHCOMe), and 1 645 cm-' (CO); ( _+ )-2-(2-Aminobenzoyf )cycfohexanof (7).--Concentrated hydrochloric acid (150 ml) in water (200 ml) was added to a stirred solution of ( Ifr )-2-(2-acetamidobenzoyl)cyclohexanol(6) (35 g, 0.13 mol) in ethanol (600 ml) and the mixture refluxed for 3 h; it was then neutralised with 2~-sodium hydroxide. The usual work-up with ethyl acetate gave the product (7) as a pale yellow oil (25 g, 85%), v, , , .…”