Process for preparing a mixture of terpene alcohols

US10266468B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF AGRO B.V. · NL

Inventors

• Bernd Wolf · Niederkirchen, DE
• Michael Rack · Eppelheim, DE
• Stefan Benson · Bensheim, DE
• Roland Goetz · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Helmut Kraus · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 16, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2601/16
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a mixture of terpene alcohols comprising limonene-4-ol and terpinene-4-ol from terpinolene epoxide via an isomerization and/or hydrogenation reaction in the presence of a copper catalyst.