Dienes as Possible Intermediates in the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 2. Dienes Derived from 1,3-Di-tert-butylbenzene and a Rhodium Catalyst

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00171a007

The evolution of the products from the catalytic hydrogenation (Rh/Al2O3) of the five isomeric diene derivatives of 1,3-di-tert-butylbenzene (9) is compared with the formation of the observable cyclohexene intermediates and the saturated products from the