Condensation of aromatic compounds with unsaturated organic compounds in the presence of composite catalysts

Claim 1

IN A PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES REACTING A NON-CONJUGATED OLEFINIC HYDROCARBON AND AN AROMATIC COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBOCYCLIC AROMATIC AND HETEROCYLIC AROMATIC RING COMPOUNDS HAVING ATTACHED TO A NUCLEAR CARBON ATOM A CARBON ATOM OF A HYDROCARBON GROUP SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AN ALKYL GROUP, A CYCLOALKYL GROUP, A CYCLOAKALKYL GROUP AND AN ARALKYL GROUP AND TO WHICH LAST-NAMED CARBON ATOM IS ATTACHED AT LEAST ONE HYDROGEN ATOM, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES CARRYING OUT THE REACTION AT A TEMPERATURE FROM ABOUT 100* TO ABOUT 350* C. AND AT A PRESSURE OF FROM ABOUT 5 TO ABOUT 50 ATMOSPHERES IN THE PRESENCE OF FREE ALKALI METAL AND OF AN ORGANIC COMPOUND REPRESENTED BY THE FORMULA RX WHEREIN R IS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, ALKENYL, CYCLOALKYL, ARALKYL, AND ARYL RADICALS AND X IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF A HYDROXYL GROUP, A CARBOXYLIC ACID GROUP, AN ALKOXYL GROUP, A NITRO GROUP, AND A CYANO GROUP, AND RECOVERING THE RESULTANT CONDENSATION PRODUCT.