Isoprene → 1,1,4,7-Tetramethylindan

HRID 1589602Notes

Reaction equation

[CH2:1]=[CH:2][C:3](=[CH2:5])[CH3:4].[C:6]1([CH3:13])[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:9]([CH3:12])=[CH:8][CH:7]=1>>[CH3:4][C:3]1([CH3:5])[C:8]2[C:7](=[C:6]([CH3:13])[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:9]=2[CH3:12])[CH2:1][CH2:2]1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 6557Isoprene

HCID 7809P-Xylene

Product 1

HCID 5178951,1,4,7-Tetramethylindan

Conditions

Temperature: 20 °C

Procedure

Over a period of 4.25 hours while maintaining the reaction mass at 20° C., a mixture of 540 grams (8.0 moles) of isoprene and 1590 grams (15 moles) of para-xylene is added to the reaction mass.

Workup

additionis added to the reaction mass

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-1e7788bb295d4bff9cb898c91036dd57
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1986_02
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04572796

Reaction notes

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