Aluminum chloride catalyzed isomerization of sym-octahydrophenanthrene to sym-octahydroanthracene with acyl peroxide
AssigneeKoppers Company, Inc.
InventorWilliam T. Gormley
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for promoting isomerization of sym-octahydrophenanthrene (s-OHP) to sym-octahydroanthracene (s-OHA) in the presence of a catalyst provided by aluminum chloride or aluminum bromide, or a mixture of these two compounds. The rate of isomerization is increased by having the reaction run in the presence of an acyl peroxide such as benzoyl peroxide or lauroyl peroxide.
Claims8
In a process for the conversion of sym-octahydrophenanthrene to sym-octahydroanthracene in the presence of catalyst comprising AlCl.sub.3, or AlBr.sub.3, or a mixture thereof, the improvement for increasing the rate of isomerization of sym-octahydrophenanthrene to sym-octahydroanthracene with said catalyst which comprises
- carrying out the conversion in the presence of an effective amount of a promoter selected from a group of compounds represented by the general formula ##STR9## wherein Z is R or ##STR10## and wherein each R is independently selected from aryl, aralkyl, and alkyl substituents, with the aralkyl and alkyl substituents provided by branched or linear aliphatic groups of one to about 18 carbon atoms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.