Patent ID: 11932724
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Field: Organic fine chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 8:
9. A process for the preparation of a cycloalkane having one or more allylidene functionalities, comprising:
functionalizing norbornadiene with an alkoxide (—OR) at the 7-position,, wherein R is methyl, ethyl, propyl, tert-butyl, or isopropyl to form a functionalized norbornadiene;
converting the functionalized norbornadiene to a norbornadiene dimer cage structure with alkoxides at the 7- and 12-positions;
converting the alkoxides of the norbornadiene dimer cage structure to alcohols;
oxidizing the alcohols to ketones;
functionalizing the ketones with an alkylating agent to form tertiary alcohols;
dehydrating the tertiary alcohols to generate the cycloalkane having one or more allylidene functionalities.