Abstract
Pyrolysis of 3‐Ethylpent‐2‐ene — a Further Evidence for a Homoallylic‐RearrangementThe pyrolysis of 3‐ethylpent‐2‐ene has been studied under conditions of steam cracking in the temperature range 600—700°C in a laboratory scale tubular reactor. The main products of decomposition were methane, 2‐ethylbutadiene and isoprene. The majority of products obviously arose from H abstraction and radical addition, typical for radical chain reactions in olefins decomposition including phenomena resulting from allylic resonance. The formation of isoprene, however, could only be explained by a reaction network including a homoallylic rearrangement.
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