
%0 Journal Article
%A Badger, GM 
%A Donnelly, JK 
%A Spotswood, TM 
%T The formation of aromatic hydrocarbons at high temperatures. XXVII. The pyrolysis of isoprene
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1966/06/01
%V 19
%N 6
%P 1023-1043
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9661023
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9661023 
%X As a further contribution to the study of the mode of formation of polycyclic aromatic compounds in cigarette tar, the pyrolysis of isoprene at 700º has been investigated. A complex tar containing many aromatic hydrocarbons was obtained and mechanisms for the formation of these compounds are discussed. Isoprene may be an important precursor of polynuclear hydrocarbons in cigarette tar. 
