Studies on the Reduction of Terpenes with Sodium in Aqueous Ammonia

Part IX. On the Reduction of (±)-Piperitone

Abstract

In the reduction of (±)-piperitone with sodium in aqueous ammonia, by means of infrared analyses, it was found that the reduction product is composed of (±)-isomenthol in a slight excess over (±)-menthol, and the components were isolated in a pure state.