Ml. Sharma et T. Chand, ALLYLIC OXIDATION IN TERPENOIDS - SYNTHESIS OF(+ -)-E-LINALOOL-1-OIC ACID, (+/-)-E-9-HYDROXYLINALOOL AND (+/-)-7-HYDROXYTERPINEOL/, Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Chemical sciences, 108(1), 1996, pp. 21-26
(+/-)-E-linalool-1-oic acid, (+/-)-E-9-hydroxylinalool and (+/-)-7-hyd
roxyterpineol 1, 2 and 3, respectively, have been synthesised by allyl
ic oxidation of olefins by selenium dioxide catalysed by pyridine/t-bu
tyl hydroperoxide in high yields.