4-Methylcyclohexene Synthesis Report

As it was difficult to find an article for a different synthesis mechanism for 4-methylcyclohexene, this article tests performances of different metal and conventional catalysts, solvents, and H2 pressure and temperature on p-cresol. P-cresol is a bio-oil that upon further experimentations, could be developed into an efficient transportation fuel (Wan et. al, 2012). In this article, p-cresol upgrading is being studied through catalytic hydrodeoxygenation. Deoxygenation of p-cresol allows it to either form toluene or 4-methylcyclohexanol, the starting material to the experiment performed in this lab report. One of the many conclusions in this article is that Palladium and Ruthenium catalysts on aluminum oxide show high selectivity for 4-methylcyclohexanol