Continuous process for the preparation of exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene

Abstract

A continuous process for preparing exo-THDCPD by isomerization of endo-THDCPD includes the step of passing endo-THDCPD and hydrogen gas successively through a first reaction zone filled with a hydrogenation protectant and a second reaction zone filled with an isomerization catalyst to perform a hydroisomerization reaction so as to obtain exo-THDCPD, wherein the hydrogenation protectant is a supported metal hydrogenation catalyst, and the isomerization catalyst is a metal-modified molecular sieve catalyst. The process converts endo-THDCPD to exo-THDCPD, with a conversion of greater than 86% and a target product selectivity of greater than 94%.

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