| Abstract: | Previously unknown secondary amines have been synthesized by the Ritter reaction of p-menthan-8-ol with propio- and benzonitriles. The performance of this reaction with  -terpeneol and benzonitrile led to the formation of a mixture of N-(p-menth-1-en-8-yl)benzamide and N,N-(p-menth-1,8-diyl)dibenzamide. A transdiamide was also obtained on the reaction of -terpineol with isovaleronitrile. The use of propionitrile as the nucleophile with -terpineol led to the formation of 2-ethyl-4,4,8-trimethyl-8-propionamido-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]non-2-ene.Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Belorussian SSR, Minsk. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 235–240, March–April, 1987. |
