Comparative thermolysis of β-and α-pinenes in supercritical ethanol: the reaction characterization and enantiomeric ratios of products

…, A Yermakova, IV Kozhevnikov, OI Sal'nikova…

Index: Chibiryaev; Yermakova; Kozhevnikov; Sal'nikova; Anikeev Russian Chemical Bulletin, 2007 , vol. 56, # 6 p. 1234 - 1238

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Abstract

Abstract The thermolysis of β-pinene and the co-thermolysis of an equimolar mixture of β- and α-pinenes in supercritical ethanol were carried out. The reaction of β-pinene affords β- myrcene as the major product (> 70%). Considerable differences in the temperature dependence of the reaction rate were revealed for the transformations of β-pinene into β- myrcene and of α-pinene into limonene. The pre-exponential factors and the activation ...