Abstract: In order to understand more clearly the reaction mechanism in the thermolysis of tertraline, thermal decomposition of some intermediates such as 1-methylindan and butylbenzene were studied.
It follows from the experimental results that the thermolysis of 1-methylindan and butylbenzene proceeds as
The thermolysis of tetraline was affected signficantly when some free radical initiator was added.
These results give not only some enligntenments for elucidating the real paths of tetraline thermolysis but also proofs of some reaction steps in the reaction mechanism.