| abstract |
There is described an improved process for the preparation of thermally labile vinyl compounds and for the preparation of vinyl compounds from thermally labile Bronsted acids which comprises reacting a vinyl derivative of a first Bronsted acid with a thermally labile Bronsted acid in the presence of a ruthenium compound at a temperature at which transvinylation occurs and recovering as a product of transvinylation the vinyl derivative of the thermally labile acid. The vinyl product derivative itself may, or may not, be thermally labile depending on the vinyl derivative of the Bronsted acid. |