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also to determine if various functional groups can be oxidized in these solvents.
were identical with a sample prepared by a Favorskii reaction using 4,4-dimethylcyclohexanone.
Acknowledgment. Acknowledgment is made to the donors of the Petroleum Research Fund, administered by the American Chemical Society, for support of this research on Grant P R F 959-G. Edwin M. Kaiser Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65201 Received M a y 12, 1967
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