Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of asymmetrically synthesizing optical activity menthol from one or more inexpensive achiral starting materials that do not require isolation from a natural supply source.SOLUTION: (a) Optical activity citronellol is obtained by enantio-selectively hydrogenating geraniol, nerol, or a mixture of geraniol and nerol, (b) optical activity citronellal is obtained by reaction of the obtained optical activity citronellol, (c) a mixture containing optical activity isopulegol is obtained by cyclizing the obtained optical activity citronellal, and (d) optical activity menthol is obtained by extracting the optical activity isopulegol from the obtained mixture and then hydrogenating it, or by hydrogenating the optical activity isopulegol contained in the mixture to produce optical activity menthol and then extracting the obtained optical activity menthol from the mixture obtained as a hydrogenated product. Thus, in this method, optical activity menthol is manufactured from geraniol, nerol, or a mixture of geraniol and nerol.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing salts of acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (A), comprising the following steps: a) producing a solution of a contaminated salt of acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (A) in a water-free, organic solvent (L) using at least one basic component (B) selected from the group comprising alkali metal oxides, alkaline-earth metal oxides, alkali hydroxides, alkaline-earth metal hydroxides, and amines of general formula (I) NRa Rb Rc (I), wherein the groups Ra, Rb, and Rc mean the following independently of each other: hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy C1-C4 alkyl, or C1-C4 alkoxy, wherein the molar ratio of compound (A) to basic component (B) is preferably 1:1 to 1:3; b) optionally partially removing the organic solvent (L) at a pressure in the range of 0.001 to 2 bar (abs); c) recovering the dissolved salt of compound (A) by crystallization or precipitation, by changing the temperature and/or the pressure and/or the concentration of the salt in the solution; d) optionally drying the purified salt of acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (A). Said method according to the invention leads to salts that are poor in byproduct and especially suitable for polymerization.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing substituted 2-nitrobiphenyls and to specific 2-nitrobiphenyls. The invention further relates to a process for preparing 2-aminobiphenyls from such 2-nitrobiphenyls and to a process for preparing (het)arylamides of such 2-aminobiphenyls.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing aliphatic aldehydes of the general formula (I) by reacting aldehyde of the general formula (II) with an aldehyde of the general formula (III), where R1 is hydrogen or a methyl group, R2 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and the two X are each hydrogen or together are a further C-C bond, in the presence of an aldol condensation catalyst to form the substituted octenal of the general formula (I) and subsequently optionally hydration, either continuously or in batches, to form the corresponding octanal of the formula (I). The invention is characterized in that the aldehydes of the general formula III and II are used in a molar ratio of III:II between 1.4:1 and 0.6:1.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing substituted 2-nitrobiphenyls and to specific 2-nitrobiphenyls. The invention further relates to a process for preparing 2-aminobiphenyls from such 2-nitrobiphenyls and to a process for preparing (het)arylamides of such 2-aminobiphenyls.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the production of cyclopentane derivatives of formula (I), in which R represents a C1-C10 alkyl group, characterized in that cyclohexanol or cyclohexene or mixtures of both compounds are reacted to 1-methyl-1-cyclopentene (first stage), a C1-C10 alkanol being added subsequently to the double bond of the 1-methyl-1-cyclopentene (second stage).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the production of 1-methylcyclopentene by the thermal reaction of cyclohexanol or cyclohexene or mixtures of both compounds to 1-methylcyclopentene, characterized in that the obtained byproducts 3-methylcyclopentene and 4-methylcyclopentene (double bond isomers of 1-methylcyclopentene) are fed back to the reaction.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 4-cyclohexyl-2-methyl-2-butanol. The process involves the following steps: a) reaction of styrene with isopropanol at elevated temperature, giving 4-phenyl-2-methyl-2-butanol, and b) heterogeneous-catalytic hydrogenation of 4-phenyl-2-methyl-2-butanol over a catalyst suitable for the ring hydrogenation of aromatics.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing m-substituted phenylalkanols of the formula (I), R1 denoting C1-C5-alkyl, and R2, R3, R4, and R5 independently denoting hydrogen or methyl, characterized in that a p-substituted phenylalkanol of the formula (II), where R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 have the meanings given under formula (I), is isomerized in the presence of a Friedel-Craft catalyst to form an m-substituted phenylalkanol of the formula (I). The corresponding aldehydes known as fragrances and aroma chemicals can be formed as valuable products from the m-substituted phenylalkanols of the formula (I) by means of oxidation or dehydration.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing arylpropenes, in particular 1-methoxy-4-(1-propenyl)-benzene (anethole)1, by thermolysis of the corresponding 1,1-diarylpropanes.