Title: The continuous isomerization of six-membered cyclanes to five-membered cyclanes in the presence of aluminium chloride
Abstract: 1. The isomerization of six-membered cyclanes to five-membered cyclanes under the influence of ahminium chloride with continuous removal of the pentamethylenes formed from the reaction zone has been studied. 2. The optimum conditions permitting six-membered cyelanes to be converted into five-membered cyelanes with high yields—which, in the isomerization of cyclohexane to methylcyclopentane, amount to 96%—have been found. 3. In the isomerization of methylcyclohexane, 65% of 1,2-dimethylcyclopentane and 26% of 1,3-dimethylcyclopentane are formed, while 1,4-dimethylcyclohexane gives a mixture of 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-trimethylcyclopentanes with yields of 76 and 9%, respectively.
Publication Year: 1962
Publication Date: 1962-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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