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Process for the preparation of substituted phenols

US5744617A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 1996
Grant dateApr 28, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 10, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P20/52
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of substituted phenols, in particular, the condensation of phenols having one or more alkyl substituents with a butadiene derivative comprising at least six carbon atoms, in particular myrcene and/or .beta.-springene is disclosed. The cyclization, in the form of chromans, of the products obtained during this condensation and their hydrogenation in order to prepare vitamin E is also disclosed.

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