Alkyl Aromatic Hydroalkylation for the Production of Plasticizers

A compound represented by the formula:

• wherein R2 is a C4 to C20 hydrocarbyl.

A mixture comprising at least two compounds of the formula:

• wherein each R1 is, independently, a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon optionally substituted with an alkyl and/or an OXO-ester, and each R2 is, independently, a C4 to C14 hydrocarbyl.

A polymer composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and at least one plasticizer of the formula:

• wherein R1 is a saturated and unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon optionally substituted with an alkyl and/or an OXO-ester, and R2 is a C4 to C14 hydrocarbyl.

A mixture comprising at least two compounds of the formula:

• wherein in the first compound, R1 is a saturated cyclic hydrocarbon optionally substituted with an alkyl and/or an OXO-ester, and R2 is a C4 to C14 hydrocarbyl, preferably a hydrocarbon residue of a C4 to C14 OXO-alcohol;
• and in the second compound R1 is an unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon optionally substituted with an alkyl and/or an OXO-ester, and R2 is a C4 to C14 hydrocarbyl, preferably a hydrocarbon residue of a C4 to C14 OXO-alcohol.

A mixture comprising at least two compounds of the formula:

• wherein each R1 is, independently, a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon optionally substituted with an alkyl and/or an OXO-ester, and each R2 is, independently, a C4 to C14 hydrocarbyl, preferably a hydrocarbon residue of a C4 to C14 OXO-alcohol.