Claims
- 1. A product produced according to the process of intimately admixing a diene having the structure: ##STR345## with a ketone having the structure: ##STR346## thereby producing a mixture of bicyclic compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR347## the reaction being carried out at a temperature in the range of from -15.degree. C. up to 100.degree. C.; in the presence of or in the absence of a solvent; and in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst; the mole ratio of diene:ketone being in the range of from about 1:1 up to about 10:1, wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.1 ', R.sub.2 ', R.sub.3 ', and R.sub.4 ' represent the same or different methyl or hydrogen with the provisos that R.sub.3 is the same as R.sub.3 ' or R.sub.4 '; R.sub.4 is the same as R.sub.3 ' or R.sub.4 '; R.sub.1 is the same as R.sub.1 ' or R.sub.2 '; and R.sub.2 is the same as R.sub.1 ' or R.sub.2 '.
- 2. The product of claim 1 wherein R.sub.1 represents methyl; and R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represent hydrogen.
- 3. The product of claim 1 wherein R.sub.3 is methyl and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 each represent hydrogen.
- 4. The product prepared according to the process of first reacting a diene having the structure: ##STR348## with a ketone having the structure: ##STR349## thereby forming a bicyclic ketone mixture defined according to the structure: ##STR350## the reaction being carried out at a temperature in the range of from -15.degree. C. up to 100.degree. C.; in the presence of or in the absence of a solvent; and in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst; the mole ratio of diene:ketone being in the range of from about 1:1 up to about 10:1, wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.1 ', R.sub.2 ', R.sub.3 ' and R.sub.4 ' represent the same or different methyl or hydrogen with the provisos that R.sub.3 is the same as R.sub.3 ' or R.sub.4 '; R.sub.4 is the same as R.sub.3 ' or R.sub.4 '; R.sub.1 is the same as R.sub.1 ' or R.sub.2 '; and R.sub.2 is the same as R.sub.1 ' or R.sub.2 '; and then reacting the resulting mixture with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature from about 20.degree. C. up to about 100.degree. C. and at a pressure of between about 30 psig and about 300 psig whereby forming a mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR351##
- 5. A product produced according to the process of reacting a diene defined according to the structure: ##STR352## with a ketone defined according to the structure: ##STR353## thereby forming a mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR354## the reaction being carried out at a temperature in the range of from -15.degree. C. up to 100.degree. C.; in the presence of or in the absence of a solvent; and in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst; the mole ratio of diene:ketone being in the range of from about 1:1 up to about 10:1, wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.1 ', R.sub.2 ', R.sub.3 ', and R.sub.4 ' represent the same or different methyl or hydrogen with the provisos that R.sub.3 is the same as R.sub.3 ' or R.sub.4 '; R.sub.4 is the same as R.sub.3 ' or R.sub.4 '; R.sub.1 is the same as R.sub.1 ' or R.sub.2 '; and R.sub.2 is the same as R.sub.1 ' or R.sub.2 '; and then reacting the resulting mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR355## with a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of lithium aluminum hydride, sodium borohydride, lithium borohydride, aluminum diisobutyl hydride and NaAlH.sub.2 (OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.3).sub.2.
- 6. A product produced according to the process of reacting a diene defined according to the structure: ##STR356## with a ketone having the structure: ##STR357## thereby forming a bicyclic ketone mixture defined according to the structure: ##STR358## the reaction being carried out at a temperature in the range of from -15.degree. C. up to 100.degree. C.; in the presence of or in the absence of a solvent; and in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst; the mole ratio of diene:ketone being in the range of from about 1:1 up to about 10:1, wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.1 ', R.sub.2 ', R.sub.3 ', and R.sub.4 ' represent the same or different methyl or hydrogen with the provisos that R.sub.3 is the same as R.sub.3 ' or R.sub.4 '; R.sub.4 is the same as R.sub.3 ' or R.sub.4 '; R.sub.1 is the same as R.sub.1 ' or R.sub.2 '; and R.sub.2 is the same as R.sub.1 ' or R.sub.2 '; then reacting the resulting mixture with an organometallic compound having the structure:
- CH.sub.3 --M
- in a solvent selected from the group consisting of benzene, tetrahydrofuran and diethylether, the mole ratio of CH.sub.3 --M:ketone being about 1:1 at a temperature in the range of from about -5.degree. C. up to 40.degree. C.; and then hydrolyzing the resulting material to form a mixture of alcohols, the said hydrolysis being carried out using a mineral acid at a temperature in the range of from 0.degree. C. up to 20.degree. C., wherein M represents MgX or Li and wherein X represents chloro, bromo or iodo.
- 7. A product produced according to the process of reacting a diene having the structure: ##STR359## with a ketone having the structure: ##STR360## thereby forming a bicyclic ketone mixture defined according to the structure: ##STR361## the reaction being carried out at a temperature in the range of from -15.degree. C. up to 100.degree. C.; in the presence of or in the absence of a solvent; and in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst; the mole ratio of diene:ketone being in the range of from about 1:1 up to about 10:1, wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.1 ', R.sub.2 ', R.sub.3 ', and R.sub.4 ' represent the same or different methyl or hydrogen with the provisos that R.sub.3 is the same as R.sub.3 ' or R.sub.4 '; R.sub.4 is the same as R.sub.3 ' or R.sub.4 '; R.sub.1 is the same as R.sub.1 ' or R.sub.2 '; and R.sub.2 is the same as R.sub.1 ' or R.sub.2 '; then reacting the bicyclic ketone mixture defined according to the structure: ##STR362## with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature in the range of from about 20.degree. C. up to about 100.degree. C. and at a pressure of from about 30 psig up to about 300 psig thereby producing a mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR363## and then reacting the mixture of compounds defined according to the structure: ##STR364## with an organometallic compound having the structure:
- CH.sub.3 --M
- in the presence of a solvent selected from the group consisting of benzene, tetrahydrofuran and diethylether, the mole ratio of CH.sub.3 --M:ketone being about 1:1 at a temperature in the range of from about -5.degree. C. up to about 40.degree. C.; and then hydrolyzing the resulting material to form a mixture of alcohols in the presence of a mineral acid at a temperature in the range of from 0.degree. C. up to 20.degree. C.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 277,130, filed June 25, 1981 which, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,339,407 in turn, is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Letters Patent, Ser. No. 182,451 filed on Aug. 28, 1980 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,320,772 issued Mar. 23, 1982.
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