Sterculene (1,2‐di‐n‐octylcyclopropene) reacts slowly with dilute solutions of silver nitrate in acetonitrile with formation of a silver mirror and production of 9‐methylene‐10‐octadecanone. The reaction is rapid in alcohols; finely‐divided silver is formed and sterculene is transformed into 9‐alkoxymethyl‐9‐octadecenes together with smaller amounts of the unsaturated ketone. In neither case is the silver formed in stoichiometric quantities. The reaction of Sterculia foetida oil methyl esters with alcoholic silver nitrate was used to demonstrate the possible application of this reaction to the determination of cyclopropene fatty acids.
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