Australian Journal of Chemistry

The pyrolysis of polycarbonyl compounds. IV. Pyrolysis of 3, 3-dimethylindane-1, 2-dione and o-isopropenylbenzaldehyde at 600° and 800°

RFC Brown, M Butcher

Index: Brown,R.F.C.; Butcher,M. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1969 , vol. 22, p. 1457 - 1469

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Abstract

Abstract Pyrolysis of 3, 3-dimethylindane-1, 2-dione (IV) at 600/0.6 mm with short contact time gave benzofulvene (V), o-isopropenylbenzaldehyde (VI), and 3-methyl-indan-1-one (VII). The aldehyde (VI) was shown by deuterium labelling to undergo randomization of hydrogen atoms between the aldehyde and isopropenyl groups at 600. Pyrolysis of the dione (IV) at 800/0.6 mm gave the hydrocarbons phenyl-acetylene, styrene, α- ...