El_Zorro
(Hive Addict)
11-30-02 23:20
No 385014
       Elemicin isomerization?  Bookmark   

How receptive would the elemicin molecule be to isomerization with KOH?  Would it end up as a big fat hairy ball of tar, or would it actually isomerize?  Has anyone actually tried it?
It is seductive, way too seductive.             -Eleusis 		 
 
 
 
    lugh
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12-01-02 00:46
No 385031
       Isomerization with KOH/EtOH  Bookmark   

How receptive would the elemicin molecule be to isomerization with KOH?  Would it end up as a big fat hairy ball of tar, or would it actually isomerize?  Has anyone actually tried it?



Gildermeister and Hoffman in Die Ätherischen Öle 3d Ed, Vol I, 618 determined that the boiling point of isoelemicin is 155-6°C at 10mm Hg and it's density is 1.073 smile[image]

 
 
 
 
    El_Zorro
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12-01-02 01:27
No 385038
       Very nice, lugh. :-D  Bookmark   

Very nice, lugh.laugh
It is seductive, way too seductive.             -Eleusis