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Products of the oxidation of cis-polyisoprene boiling lower than water have been resolved and identified. They are: acetaldehyde, methyl formate, propionaldehyde, acetone, methanol, sylvan, methacrolein, ethanol, butanone, and butenone, Possible mechanisms for their origin are discussed.
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Bevilacqa et al. (1964) studied this question.
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