Process for isomerizing olefinically unsaturated secondary alcohols

摘要

Olefinically unsaturated secondary alcohols in which the carbon-carbon double bond and the alcohol functionality are separated only by methylene groups are isomerized to ketones by reacting a mixture composed of an olefinically unsaturated secondary alcohol and a catalyst effective amount of a substantially fully hydrogenated palladium catalyst at a temperature of from about 200 DEG C. to about 300 DEG C. and passing hydrogen through the reaction mixture until the iodine number of said reaction mixture is less than 10 and separating the catalyst from the ketone.