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Process for the manufacture of cyclohexene derivatives

US4283559A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1979
Grant dateAug 11, 1981
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Expiry dateMay 21, 1999

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12R2001/865
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The compound 6-hydroxy-3-(5-hydroxy-3-methyl-1,3-pentadienyl)-2,4,4-trimethyl-2-cyclohe xen-1-one useful as intermediate for producing the natural coloring agent astaxanthin as well as a method for synthesizing astaxanthin from this compound and synthesizing the compound from 2-hydroxyketo isophorone.

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