1,5-Hexadiene is the

organic compound In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. Th ...

with the formula (CH)(CH=CH). It is a colorless, volatile liquid. It is used as a crosslinking agent and precursor to a variety of other compounds.

Synthesis

1,5-Hexadiene is produced commercially by the

ethenolysis In organic chemistry, ethenolysis is a chemical process in which internal olefins are degraded using ethylene () as the reagent. The reaction is an example of cross metathesis. The utility of the reaction is driven by the low cost of ethylen ...

1,5-cyclooctadiene Cycloocta-1,5-diene is a cyclic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula , specifically . There are three configurational isomers with this structure, that differ by the arrangement of the four C–C single bonds adjacent to the double bonds. Eac ...

: :(CHCH=CHCH) + 2 CH=CH → 2 (CH)CH=CH The catalyst is derived from ReO on alumina. A laboratory-scale preparation involves reductive coupling of allyl chloride using magnesium: :2 ClCHCH=CH + Mg → (CH)(CH=CH) + MgCl

References

Alkadienes Monomers {{Hydrocarbons