Behavior of protonated cyclopropyl intermediates during polyalphaolefin synthesis: Mechanism and predicted product distribution

JC Gee, BL Small, KD Hope

Index: Gee, Jeffrey C.; Small, Brooke L.; Hope, Kenneth D. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 25, # 12 p. 1409 - 1417

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Abstract

Abstract A new mechanism for the origin of multiple skeletal isomers observed in the cationic dimerization of 1-decene is proposed, and products that should form based on this mechanism are predicted. A protonated cyclopropyl intermediate appeared to form directly from combination of 2-decyl carbocation with 1-decene; formation of this intermediate did not appear to occur via ring closure of a branched secondary carbocation. The authors ...