Conversion of dehydrolinalyl acetate in catalytic hydrogenation on metals

Monoterpenoids

“…The oxidation of citronellol (48) by the horseradish peroxidase-H,O, system has been inve~tigated,'~~ and the skin- sensitizing potential of some enantiomeric hydroxycitronellols has been studied.17g Methods for the hydrogenation of dehydrolinalool (49) and of citral (30/31) have been reviewedlsO and a theoretical and experimental study of the catalytic hydrogenation of dehydrolinalyl acetate (50) has been made. 181 Reviews have been published on the conversion of dehydrolinalool (49) into citral (30/31) and of linalool (12) into geraniol (11),lE2 and on the history, derivatives, and uses of linalool (I 2). 183 The oxidation of linalool (12) by air in the presence of pigments containing transition metal ions has been studied.…”