The preparation of some steam‐volatile fractions of conjunct polymers of some readily available olefins is described. Assessment as inert diluents indicated that these fractions were more stable towards nitric acid than odourless kerosene but less stable than n‐dodecane. The main constituents in the steam‐volatile fraction of the conjunct polymer from dodec‐1‐ene were identified as isomeric monomethylundecanes by means of the methylene insertion reaction. The occurrence of a series of isomeric monomethylalkanes in a kerosene fraction and in a fully hydrogenated fraction from a Fischer‐Tropsch hydrocarbon synthesis (Mepasin) was also demonstrated.
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Lane et al. (1963) studied this question.