Acenaphthene → Acenaphthylene, dodecahydro-

HRID 34480

Reaction equation

HRID 34480 reaction equation
[CH2:1]1[C:11]2=[C:12]3[C:7](=[CH:8][CH:9]=[CH:10]2)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[C:3]3[CH2:2]1>[Ni]>[CH2:1]1[CH:11]2[CH:12]3[CH:7]([CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10]2)[CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH:3]3[CH2:2]1

Participants

3

Reactant 1

HCID 6734Acenaphthene

Product 1

HCID 102215Acenaphthylene, dodecahydro-Yield 100%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 935NickelCatalyst

Procedure

Acenaphthene was hydrogenated by the same procedure as in Example 1 except that the catalyst was replaced by a Raney nickel catalyst. Perhydroacenaphthene was produced in a yield of 100%, but the yields of Nos. 1 to 4 isomers were 18.9%, 8.3%, 37.4%, and 35.4%, respectively.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4c6ddff5b3c744a1827fabacb7509121
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1988_08
Patent number
US04761510

Linked notes

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