Identification of 1, 2, 2, 5-tetramethyltetralin and 1, 2, 2, 5, 6-pentamethyltetralin as racemates in petroleum

R Alexander, TP Bastow, RI Kagi…

Index: Alexander, Robert; Bastow, Trevor P.; Kagi, Robert I.; Singh, Raj K. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1992 , # 23 p. 1712 - 1714

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Abstract

Ir2,2,5-Tetramethyltetralin and 1 ,2,Zr5,6-pentamethyltetralin have been synthesized and identified as racemates in crude oil and are proposed from dehydrogenation experiments as intermediates in the formation of alkylnaphthalenes in crude oil. ... Alkylnaphthalenes are major components of the aromatic hydrocarbon fraction of most crude oils and solvent extracts from organic-rich sediments.1 Although some of the trimethylnaphthalenes and one ...