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conditions at total reflux gave a column efficiency of over 100 plates. About,lO% of the distillate boiled below 200'. This included some material boiling a t 119-121" which ~ (probably dimethylhad a refractive index of n Z o1.4250 The main fraction (A) was collected over cyclohexane) 0.2" range and after some intermediate fractions, a second large fraction (C) was collected a t a higher temperature. The propert5es of these fractions and some pertinent data of the Russian workers are given in Table 1.
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TABLE I IE~OMERIZATION OF DICVCLOHEXVL B. p.. " C . % 750mm. Yield press. Russian workers Dicyclohexyl 234 Isomerized main fraction 75 217-219
d%
nrD
1.4807 0.8840 1.4663 .8592
Present authors Dicyclohexyl Isomerized fraction A Isomerized fraction C
23
8
238 215.5-215.7 222-225
5
0
.8512 .8644
I
~
5
4
2
Y
6 7 Microns.
8
9
11 12 13 14 15 Microns. Fig. 1.-Infra-red absorption spectrum: 2,2'-dimethyldicyclopentyl as solid; cell length, 0.1 mm. '3
Fraction C was redistilled and the properties of the middle cut were determined. These were as follows: Anal.6 Calcd. for ClzHz~: C, 86.66; H, 13.34. Found: C, 86.2; H , 13.2; +OD 1.4705; d20, 0.8683; boiling point (760) 224.4' (cor.). These properties are in good agreement with the following properties reported for 1 -cyclohexyl-2-methylcyclopentaneby Zelinskii and co-workersQ: b. p. (744 mm.) 225.5-227"; XZoD 1.4701; dZ040.8880. (9) Zelinskii, Shuikin and Fateev, J . Gez. Ckem. C . (1932).
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