Process for the preparation of citral
US4463196A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2000 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C45/512
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Citral is prepared by heating dehydrolinalol in the presence of a vanadium compound as catalyst and an alkanol of 12 to 18 carbon atoms as co-catalyst, whereby isomerization is effected. There may also be present an alkanol or cycloalkanol of 7 to 11 carbon atoms as co-catalyst.
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