Production of alkenyl bridged ring compounds

A method for producing alkenyl bridged ring compounds comprising:

• subjecting a feed comprising a mono-olefin and a cyclic diolefin to first conditions effective to produce a mixture comprising an alkenyl bridged ring product;
• subjecting said mixture to second conditions effective to separate said mixture into a light fraction and a heavy fraction wherein said heavy fraction comprises a major portion of said alkenyl bridged ring product;
• feeding said heavy fraction to a distillation column at a feed point;
• removing said alkenyl bridged ring product from said distillation column at a location above said feed point;
• heating a bottom portion of said distillation column under third conditions effective to decompose a part of heavy byproducts to form a recovered fraction comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of said mono-olefin, said cyclic diolefin, said alkenyl bridged ring product, and mixtures thereof;
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• separating said recovered fraction from said heavy byproducts.