| abstract |
A process for the preparation of 1,1,3,4,4,6-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene wherein equivalent or excess amounts of p-cymene are reacted with a substantially equimolar solution of neohexene (3,3-dimethyl-1-butene) and a t-alkyl halide in the presence of an effective amount of an anhydrous aluminum halide catalyst suspended in a reaction compatible solvent. |