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Thermal Isomerization of 1,5‐Dimethyl‐1‐Cyclooctene
Author(s) -
Suga K.,
Watanabe S.,
Fujita T.,
Shimada T.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.197200004
Subject(s) - chemistry , isomerization , cyclooctene , thermal , photochemistry , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , catalysis , physics
Isoprene is selectively dimerized to 1,5‐dimethyl‐1,5‐cyclooctadiene by the catalyst composed of nickel naphthenate, triethylaluminium and tri‐o‐cresylphosphite. At 500° and atmospheric pressure, 1,5‐dimethyl‐1‐cyclooctene thermally isomerizes to 2,6‐dimethyl‐1,7‐octadiene.