History
The original reactants employed by Dutch chemist Hendrik Jacobus Prins in his 1919 publication were styrene (scheme 2), pinene, camphene, eugenol, isosafrole and anethole.
In 1937 the reaction was investigated as part of a quest for di-olefins to be used in synthetic rubber.
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