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Hydroxylation of menthols and cineoles withm-chloroperbenzoic acid

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Reaction of menthols and cineoles withm-chloroperbenzoic acid afforded tertiary, secondary, and primary alcohols, some of which were natural products having potent plant growth regulatory activity or were mammlianm metabolies.

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  1. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, 770, Tokushima, Japan

    Y. Asakawa, R. Matsuda & M. Tori

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We thank Nippon Terpene Co. Ltd for their generous gift of the compounds used in this work and Drs M. Kido and Y. Fukuyama, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, for measurement of high resolution mass spectra. The present work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Cancer Research from the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

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Asakawa, Y., Matsuda, R. & Tori, M. Hydroxylation of menthols and cineoles withm-chloroperbenzoic acid. Experientia 42, 201–203 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952469

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