- Process for manufacturing alkenyl compounds
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A process for manufacturing an alkenyl compound which comprises reacting an alkylbenzene and 1,3-butadiene in the presence of metallic sodium or a combination of metallic sodium and an oxide, a hydroxide, or a salt of potassium, rubidium or an alkaline earth metal, or a mixture of these under a pressure of 1 kPa (gauge) to 30 MPa (gauge). The process can produce alkenyl compound which is an industrially valuable compound as a raw material for the manufacture of naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, a highly useful raw material of polymers, at a high yield using a small amount of metallic sodium.
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- Process for producing alkenylbenzene
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In a process for producing an alkenylbenzene by the reaction of an alkylbenzene having 8 or more carbon atoms and a conjugated diolefin, the improvement in which the reaction is performed in the presence of a catalyst obtained by dispersing (a) an alkali metal and (b) potassium carbonate and/or potassium hydroxide in the presence of (c) an aromatic hydrocarbon having at least a substituent with a double bond.
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- Process for producing alkenylbenzene
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In a process for producing an alkenylbenzene by the reaction of an alkylbenzene having 8 or more carbon atoms and a conjugated diolefin, the improvement in which the reaction is performed in the presence of a catalyst obtained by dispersing (a) an alkali metal and (b) potassium carbonate and/or potassium hydroxide in the presence of (c) an aromatic hydrocarbon having at least a substituent with a double bond.
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- Substituent Effects on the Intramolecular Photochemical Reactions of Phenyl-Ethenyl Non-conjugated Bichromophoric Systems
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The effects of substitution on the photochemistry of phenyl-ethenyl bichromophoric systems are reported.Methyl substitution at the 2-, 3-, 5-, and 1,1,2-positions in the pentene moiety of 5-phenylpent-1-ene reduces both reaction efficiency and selectivity but in contrast to intramolecular analogues the photoreaction of 3-phenethylcyclohexene is comparable with that of the corresponding cyclopentene.Incorporation of ester units in the connecting unit between the chromophores or on the ethene inhibits intramolecular cyclisation as does the presence of para OMe, CN, or COMe groups in 5-phenylpent-1-ene.In contrast reaction selectivity and efficiency are greatly promoted by ortho Me or OMe groups and the products reflect exlusive 1,3-cycloaddition.The presence of a para Me group in 5-phenylpent-1-ene leads to specific 2,6-intramolecular cyclisation but the reaction of the meta-Me derivative leads to four products derived from 1,3- and 1,5-intramolecular cycloaddition.The observations are discussed in terms of mechanisms of arene-ethene photoreactions and preferred conformations of the bichromophores.
- Ellis-Davies, Graham C. R.,Gilbert, Andrew,Heath, Peter,Lane, Jon C.,Warrington, John V.,Westover, David L.
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p. 1833 - 1842
(2007/10/02)
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