to the fact Pee observed) that ‘the slabiliey of 
_ towards cleavage, is increased by substitution. | ait tip 
Finally, we wish to give a_ short description of fie? sacthed 
methyl-1.¢-hydroxyethylcyclopentane and 1. 1-methyl-«-hydroxyeyclop r 
Meerwein starts from 1.1- -methylchlorocyclopentane, the preparatior 
aa: some time ago’), and ip it, in ee solution, into tae 
a fair anoed of ff: AEN SN yc Be ps 48. 40 “(10 mm,); ae 
m. p. 143 to 144”. It shows an intense smell recalling camera and Pel 
and shows a characlensiie peppermint- -like and: sty, smell. 
HG, CH | Hie SCHw Cee ae | 
DSC 
mee igen = CH, 
EMO 5 ee AG aber 
1. 1-Methylichlorcyclopentane. gM Peak ala caer acid oC at As 
H.C CH, re A! 
eer tan CO-CH; ie ee cHiGan cH 
| Sed | aca Re | ee ne 
Bite / aie PO NCHs 2 
H.C CH. HeC ‘CHe ane" i inate pn 
fe TRAY RCM Ane 1:1 Methylng- Hyd relia anaes ets : 
a pleasantly smelling oil of the b.p. 108 és “409° (15 as 
congeals partly and seems to consist of a mixture of two stereoisomeric n 
a liquid and a solid-one, the latter Westen ht at 19 to eine 
by ozonisation. The eouiese Baie of this oxidation were “tne “ig 
Ci:HisO, in all probability 1.2.2.3-tetramethyl- 4-acetyl-A*-cyclopentene 
methyl-4- -acetyl- Ty eOSRISUE, both resulting from ip ierig. eagle forr 
A*-cyclopentene. 
1) Liebig’s Annaten 405 (1914), 170. — ®) Following a method of Grign 
* (1911), 772, he dies a 
«as Dies 
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