Tricyclic alcohols and lithium salts thereof
US3989760A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 1975 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC11B9/0042
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Processes and compositions for altering the flavor and/or aroma of consumable products including foods, tobacco and perfumes utilizing as the essential ingredient the novel organic tricyclic alcohol having the formula: ##SPC1## And a process for preparing the above-mentioned compounds involving first intimately admixing a tetramethyl cyclohexadienone having the structure: ##SPC2## With 3-butenyl lithium having the structure: ##SPC3## Thereby forming a triene compound having the structure: ##SPC4## And then heating the triene compound at an elevated temperature and pressure thereby producing a metallo tricyclic compound having the structure: ##SPC5## Which is then hydrolyzed to form the tricyclic alcohol of this invention having the structure: ##SPC6##
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