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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Layman, Orangeburg, SC (US);
Gene C Robinson, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Albemarle Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585352 ; 585357 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing tetraalkylated cyclopentadienes comprises (a) pyrolyzing an isobornyl carboxylate so as to form a mixture of 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-trimethylcyclopentadienes, (b) alkylating said mixture with an alkylating agent so as to form a mixture of alkyltrimethylcyclopentadiene isomers including 1,2,3,4-alkyltrimethylcyclopentadiene and, (c) thermally isomerizing the mixture of isomers obtained in step (b) so as to increase the proportion of 1,2,3,4-alkyltrimethylcyclopentadiene in said mixture of isomers.