1-{2-[(Prop-1-en-1-yl)oxy]ethoxy}prop-1-ene → Ethylene glycol diallyl ether

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To 46 g (0.32 mol) of 1,2-diallyloxyethane ether in a 100 mL flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer, reflux condenser and nitrogen inlet was added 0.15 g (0.16 mmole) of tris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium (II) dichloride. The reaction mixture was heated at 120° C. for two hours. Proton NMR showed that the bands assigned to the allyl groups had been completely replaced by new bands assigned to the propenyl ether groups. Gas chromatography gave three peaks which were attributed respectively to the trans,trans, trans,cis and cis,cis isomers of 1,2-dipropenoxyethane.

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