Patent ID: 8829257

Claim:
A process for preparing a 1,2,4-trivinylcyclohexane composition enriched in Isomer A—1,trans-2,trans-4-trivinyl-cyclohexane, the lowest boiling geometric isomer of 1,2,3-trivinylcyclohexane—having the three-dimensional structure of comprising: (i) heating 1,5,9-cyclododecatriene at a temperature of from about 400° C. to about 600° C. and at a pressure of from about 1 mbar to about 1.2 bar thereby forming a 1,2,4-trivinylcyclohexane composition containing low levels of Isomer A; and (ii) subsequently equilibrating the composition from step (i) in a vapor phase or a liquid phase at a temperature ranging from about 180° C. to about 375° C. and at a pressure ranging from about 1 mbar to about 10 bar to produce a 1,2,4-trivinylcyclohexane composition enriched in Isomer A as compared to the composition of step (i).