79893-66-6

Basic information

• Product Name: 2-Cyclohexen-1-one, 2-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-
• CAS NO: 79893-66-6
• Molecular Formula: C10H16O
• Molecular Weight: 152.236
• Mol File: 79893-66-6.mol
• Article Data: 3

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: 2-Cyclohexen-1-one, 2-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 2-Cyclohexen-1-one, 2-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-(79893-66-6)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 2-Cyclohexen-1-one, 2-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-(79893-66-6)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 79893-66-6(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 344296-64-6 6-ethylidene-2,2-dimethylcyclohexan-1-one 
• 79893-64-4 2-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-1-cyclohexanone 
• 7379-12-6 n-propyl isopropyl ketone 
• 107-02-8 acrolein 

Downstream Products

• 109530-78-1 (1S,6S)-6-Ethyl-1-ethynyl-2,2-dimethyl-cyclohexanol 
• 109530-77-0 (1S,6R)-6-Ethyl-1-ethynyl-2,2-dimethyl-cyclohexanol 
• 79893-64-4 2-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-1-cyclohexanone 

Relevant articles and documents

DEHYDROGENATION REACTION

The present invention relates to the field of organic synthesis and more specifically it concerns a process for the dehydrogenation of compound of formula (I) catalyzed by palladium (Pd0) in elemental metallic form.

Retinoids, X. - A Novel Way to 5-Ethyl-18-norretinoids

The synthesis of 5-ethyl-18-norretinal (2) is described; the key step is the cyclization of acrolein (3) with 2-methyl-3-hexanone (4) to 2-ethyl-6,6-dimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one (5).