Preparation of dialkoxy alkyl derivatives of dimers of conjugated olefins

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ISOMERIC MIXTURES OF DIALIPHATIC ETHER DERIVATIVES OF ALIPHATIC DIMERS OF A CON-JUGATED DIOLEFIN WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING A CONJUGATED DIOLEFIN TO REACTION WITH A FINELY DISPERSED ALKALI METAL IN AN ETHER REACTION MEDIUM, SAID ETHER BEING A MEMBER FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALIPHATIC MONOETHERS HAVING A METHYL GROUP IN WHICH THE RATIO OF THE NUMBER OF OXYGEN ATOMS TO THE NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS IS NOT LESS THAN 1:4 AND ALIPHATIC POLYETHERS INCLUDING POLYETHERS CORRESPONDING TO THOSE IN WHICH ALL OF THE HYDROXYL HYDROGEN ATOMS OF A POLYHDRIC ALCOHOL ARE REPLACED BY ALKYL GROUPS, TO PRODUCE AN ISOMERIC MIXTURE OF DIALKALI METAL DERIVATIVES OF DIMERS OF SAID CONJUGATED DIOLEFINS, SAID ISOMERIC MIXTURE BEING COMPRISED PREDOMINANTLY OF BRANCHED CHAIN DIMERS OF SAID DIOLEFIN, AND SUBJECTING SAID MIXTURE TO REACTION WITH A CHLORO ALIPHATIC ETHER OF RELATIVELY LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT TO CONVERT SAID MIXTURE OF ALKALI METAL DERIVATIVES TO A MIXTURE OF KIALKOXY ALKYL DERIVATIVES OF DIMERS OF SAID CONJUGATED DIOLEFIN, SAID MIXTURE OF DIALKOXY ALKYL DERIVATIVES BEING COMPRISED PREDOMINANTLY OF SUCH DERIVATIVES IN WHICH THE DIOLEFIN DIMER PORTION IS BRANCHED CHAIN.