Butyl iodide → alpha-Ionene

Reaction equation

I[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH3:4].I[CH2:6]CCCCC.ICCCCCCCCCCCC.ICCCC.BrC(Br)=CCC.I[C:37](I)([CH3:39])[CH3:38].IC(I)C.Br[C:46]1[C:47](Br)=[C:48]([CH3:53])[CH:49]=[CH:50]C=1C>>[CH3:4][C:3]1[CH:2]=[CH:50][C:49]2[C:48]([CH3:53])([CH3:6])[CH2:47][CH2:46][CH2:39][C:37]=2[CH:38]=1

Participants

Reactant 8

HCID 10962Butyl iodide

HCID 125271-Iodohexane

HCID 202821-Iodododecane

HCID 336431-Iodopropane

HCID 68980Diiodoethane

HCID 11483316Propane, 2,2-diiodo-

HCID 12554946HCID 12554946, compound

HCID 226384832,3-Dibromo-1,4-dimethylbenzene

Procedure

A series of ionene polymers were prepared according to the procedure of Example 1 except that equivalent amounts of iodo-propane, iodo-hexane, iodo-dodecane, iodo-butane or a mixture of dibromobutene and diiodopropane or diiodoethane were substituted for dibromo-p-xylene.