Dicyclopentadiene → Dicyclopentadiene

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A C5 fraction obtained from a naphtha cracking was heated at a temperature of 160° C. for 5 hours, whereby cyclopentadiene contained therein was converted into dicyclopentadiene. Then, the resultant mixture was distilled to strip a light fraction. Thus, a crude dicyclopentadiene containing 14.0% of a C5 fraction, 2.6% of benzene, 69.1% of dicyclopentadiene, 7.3% of a isoprene-cyclopentadiene codimer, 4.7% of a cyclopentadiene oligomer (i.e., a trimer or more) and 2.3% of unknown components was obtained.

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