Ba. Dolgoplosk et al., CONVERSIONS OF HYDROCARBONS TREATED WITH NEODYMIUM METAL UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MECHANOCHEMICAL ACTIVATION AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(6), 1996, pp. 1316-1320
The conversions of cyclohexene and 1,3- and 1,4-cyclohexadienes treate
d with neodymium metal under the conditions of mechanochemical activat
ion at 20 degrees C have been studied. A complicated cycle of conversi
ons, including isomerization, disproportionation, and polymerization,
occurs under the reaction conditions. A mechanism for the conversion o
f tile hydrocarbons involving organometallic intermediates is proposed
.