Inhibiting the carbon-carbon double bond isomerization of substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon compounds

摘要

The carbon-carbon double bond isomerization of a substituted or an unsubstituted hydrocarbon compound having olefinic unsaturation in a less stable form to an isomer of said compound having olefinic unsaturation in a more stable form is inhibited by contacting with said compound having the more unstable form with an alkali metal salt of a di-, tri- or tetracarboxylic acid.