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the present invention is illustrated in detail with the following examples , which should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention . into a 3 - liter jacketed separable flask equipped with a stirrer and a condenser were charged 20 . 22 g of anhydrous aluminium chloride , 400 . 5 g of p - cymene and 300 g of cyclohexane , and vigorously stirred . then , a mixture of 126 g of 2 , 3 - dimethyl - 1 - butene , 156 . 9 g of t - butyl chloride and 300 g of cyclohexane was added dropwise to the resulting suspension over a period of 1 . 5 hours while maintaining the temperature of the suspension at 20 ° c ., to carry out the reaction . the reaction mixture was stirred at the same temperature for another 10 minutes and then allowed to stand to separate tar , whereby an organic layer was obtained . the organic layer was washed successively with 600 g of water , 600 g of a 1 % aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and 600 g of water . the solvent was removed from the organic layer by distillation at atmospheric pressure , after which the excess p - cymene was recovered under reduced pressure . thus , 251 . 6 g of crude hmt with a purity of 86 . 0 % was obtained . in a 500 - ml jacketed separable flask equipped with a stirrer and a condenser were placed 40 . 0 g of the hmt with a purity of 86 . 0 % and 80 g of methanol . then , the mixture in the flask was heated under reflux for 1 hour , after which the temperature of the mixture was reduced at a rate of 1 ° c . per 3 minutes . when the temperature became 55 ° c ., 0 . 1 g of seed crystals of hmt were added . subsequently , the temperature of the resulting mixture was reduced at a rate of 1 ° c . per 6 minutes . the mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 1 hour , after which the precipitate thus formed was filtered by suction through a buchner funnel . after the filtration , the precipitate was washed with 20 g of methanol . in this case , the stirring was vigorously conducted so as to prevent hmt and the solvent from separating into two layers . the crystals thus obtained were collected and the solvent was allowed to evaporate by means of a vacuum pump . the amount of the purified hmt thus obtained was 30 . 30 g , its purity 99 . 4 %, and the recovery of hmt 87 . 7 %. the solvent was recovered from the filtrate , whereby 8 . 88 g of an oil was obtained . the hmt content of the oil was 48 . 1 %. in a 500 - ml jacketed separable flask equipped with a stirrer and a condenser were p1aced 40 . 0 g cf hmt with a purity of 86 . 0 %, 64 g of methanol and 16 . 0 g of ethanol . then , the mixture in the flask was heated while refluxing methanol , to dissolve hmt . the temperature of the mixture was reduced at a rate of 1 ° c . per 3 minutes . when the temperature became 55 ° c ., 0 . 1 g of seed crystals of hmt were added . then , the temperature of the resulting mixture was reduced at a rate of 1 ° c . per 6 minutes . the reaction mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 1 hour , after which the precipitate thus formed was filtered by suction through a buchner funnel . after the filtration , the precipitate was washed with 20 g of a mixed solvent of methanol and ethanol . during the above precipitation of crystals , the mixture was stirred at a slow rate at which crystals did not settle to the bottom of the flask . the crystals thus obtained were collected and the solvent was allowed to evaporate by means of a vacuum pump . the amount of the purified hmt thus obtained was 30 . 86 g , its purity 99 . 1 %, and the recovery of hmt 88 . 8 %. the solvent was recovered from the filtrate , whereby 8 . 94 g of an oil was obtained . the hmt content of the oil was 45 . 6 %. the same procedure as in example 2 was repeated except for stirring the mixture at such a rate at which crystals settled . the amount of the purified hmt thus obtained was 30 . 84 g , its purity 99 . 1 %, and the recovery of hmt 88 . 8 %. the solvent was recovered from the filtrate , whereby 9 . 25 g of an oil was obtained . the hmt content of the oil was 46 . 6 %. the same procedure as in example 3 was repeated except for changing the temperature at the addition of seed crystals and the final temperature to 50 ° c . and 10 ° c ., respectively . the amount of the purified hmt thus obtained was 31 . 25 g , its purity 99 . 2 %, and the recovery of hmt 90 . 1 %. the solvent was recovered from the filtrate , whereby 9 . 05 g of an oil was obtained . the hmt content of the oil was 40 . 5 %. in a 500 - ml jacketed separable flask equipped with a stirrer and a condenser were placed 40 . 0 g of hmt with a purity of 85 . 3 % and 80 g of methanol . then , the mixture in the flask was heated under reflux for 1 hour , after which the temperature of the mixture was reduced at a rate of 1 ° c . per 3 minutes . when the temperature became 55 ° c ., 0 . 1 g of seed crystals of hmt were added . subsequently , the temperature of the resulting mixture was reduced at a rate of 1 ° c . per 3 minutes . the mixture was stirred at 0 ° c . for 1 hour , after which the precipitate thus formed was filtered through a buchner funnel . during the above precipitation of crystals , the mixture was stirred at a slow rate at which crystals did not settle to the bottom of the flask . the crystals thus obtained were collected and the solvent was allowed to evaporate by means of a vacuum pump . the amount of the purified hmt thus obtained was 31 . 55 g , its purity 96 . 5 %, and the recovery of hmt 89 . 2 %. the same procedure as in example 5 was repeated except for using a mixed solvent of 64 g of methanol and 16 g of ethanol in place of methanol and changing the final temperature to 5 ° c . the purity of the purified hmt thus obtained was 98 . 6 %, and the recovery of hmt 88 . 5 %. the same procedure as in example 5 was repeated except for using a mixed solvent of 48 g of methanol and 12 g of ethanol in place of methanol . the purity of the purified hmt thus obtained was 96 . 3 %, and the recovery of hmt 87 . 0 %. the same procedure as in example 5 was repeated except for using a mixed solvent of 72 g of methanol and 8 g of isopropanol in place of methanol . the purity of the purified hmt thus obtained was 96 . 6 %, and the recovery of hmt 87 . 0 %. the same procedure as in example 5 was repeated except for using a mixed solvent of 54 g of methanol and 6 g of isopropanol in place of methanol . the purity of the purified hmt thus obtained was 96 . 7 %, and the recovery of hmt 89 . 3 %. the same procedure as in example 5 was repeated except for using a mixed solvent of 72 g of methanol and 8 g of ethylene chloride in place of methanol . the purity of the purified hmt thus obtained was 97 . 8 %, and the recovery of hmt 86 . 2 %. in a 500ml jacketed separable flask equipped with a stirrer and a condenser were placed 40 . 0 g of hmt with a purity of 86 . 0 % and 23 g of isopropanol . the mixture in the flask was heated under reflux for 1 hour , after which the temperature of the mixture was reduced at a rate of 1 ° c . per 3 minutes . when the temperature became 50 ° c ., 0 . 1 g of seed crystals of hmt were added . then , the temperature of the resulting mixture was reduced at a rate of 1 ° c . per 3 minutes . the mixture was stirred at 5 ° c . for 1 hour , after which the precipitate formed was filtered by suction through a buchner funnel . during the above precipitation of crystals , the mixture was stirred at such a rate at which crystals did not settle to the bottom of the flask . the crystals thus obtained were collected and the solvent was allowed to evaporate by means of a vacuum pump . the amount of the purified hmt thus obtained was 29 . 03 g , its purity 94 . 4 %, and the recovery of hmt 80 . 3 %.

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