2,6-Bis(2-ethylhexyl)cyclohexan-1-ol → 1,3-Bis(2-ethylhexyl)cyclohexane

HRID 1462008Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1462008 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([CH:3]([CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH3:23])[CH2:4][CH:5]1[CH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:8][CH:7]([CH2:11][CH:12]([CH2:17][CH3:18])[CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH3:16])[CH:6]1O)[CH3:2].[H][H]>[Ni]>[CH2:17]([CH:12]([CH2:13][CH2:14][CH2:15][CH3:16])[CH2:11][CH:7]1[CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH:5]([CH2:4][CH:3]([CH2:1][CH3:2])[CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH3:23])[CH2:6]1)[CH3:18]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 30187012,6-Bis(2-ethylhexyl)cyclohexan-1-olHCID 178418361HCID 178418361, compound

Product 1

HCID 157751151,3-Bis(2-ethylhexyl)cyclohexane

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 935NickelCatalyst

Procedure

300 Grams of 2,6-di(2-ethylhexyl)-cyclohexanol were hydrogenated with 30 gm of Girdler nickel 49A for six hours at 250° C. and 250 bar of hydrogen pressure. After filtration of the catalyst, 260 gm of 1,3-di-(2-ethylhexyl)-cyclohexane remained with the following characteristics:

Workup

  1. filtrationAfter filtration of the catalyst, 260 gm of 1,3-di-(2-ethylhexyl)-cyclohexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-09c74a43f71644e48c9b2c9e4e528843
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1984_07
Patent number
US04457944

Reaction notes

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