Synthesis of 1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene
I am trying to synthesize 1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene for a project, and I don't know what would be the easiest synthesis pathway. I have an abundant
amount of Calcium Carbide, and there are some well-known ways of making Cyclooctatetraene from acetylene.
There is a process which uses acetylene, Nickel Cyanide and requires high pressure (which I can't do): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jlac.19485600102/...
There is another way to produce 1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene, which uses Acetylene coupling on Cu(111).This has very low yield, but is still works and
the problem is that I don't know how to make Cu(111) catalyst.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16852333
If someone could please suggest where to buy or how to make Cu(111) that would appreciated. If someone has a cheap supply of Cu(111), I'd be happy to
buy it if it is affordable for me.
Could someone suggest any other ways to do this Cyclization?
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