Ethylbenzene → Tetradecahydrophenanthrene

HRID 1871821Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1871821 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C:3]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=1)[CH3:2].[CH2:9]=[CH:10][C:11]1C=C[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=1.C(C1C=CC=CC=1)=CC.C1CCCCC=1.C(C1CCCCC=1)=C>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1.C1C=CC=CC=1>[CH2:7]1[CH:8]2[CH:3]([CH:1]3[CH:12]([CH2:13][CH2:14]2)[CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:2]3)[CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6]1

Participants

8

Reactant 5

HCID 7500EthylbenzeneHCID 7501StyreneHCID 8079CyclohexeneHCID 12500beta-MethylstyreneHCID 17497Vinylcyclohexene

Product 1

HCID 21971Tetradecahydrophenanthrene

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 241BenzeneSolventHCID 1140TolueneSolvent

Procedure

--0.63 g of substrate and 0.1 g charcoal was irradiated for 25 minutes. The reaction gave gases (20.6%) and liquids (11.3%). The products included benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, styrene, 2-propenylbenzene, cyclohexene, and vinylcyclohexene.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0c4d7991b08c47bb9dc12f6e369377e1
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_08
Patent number
US06106675

Reaction notes

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