Process for the preparation of (3E, 7E)-homofarnesol

US9493385B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Melanie WEINGARTEN · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Hansgeorg Ernst · Speyer, DE
• Wolfgang Siegel · Schifferstadt, DE
• Ekkehard Winterfeldt · Altwarmbüchen, DE
• Reinhard W. Hoffmann · Hanhofen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2601/02
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to new types of processes for the improved preparation of homofarnesol, in particular of (3E,7E)-homofarnesol and homofarnesol preparations with an increased content of (3E,7E)-homofarnesol (also referred to as all E-homofarnesol).