Method for producing menthones from isopulegol in the gas phase

US9856199B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Volker Hickmann · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Stefan Rüdenauer · Weinheim, DE
• Martine Dehn · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Andreas Keller · Speyer, DE
• Stephanie RENZ · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Daniel Schneider · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2018
• Expiry date: Mar 6, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2601/14
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for reacting isopulegol to menthone in the gas phase and to the use of the reaction products thus prepared as additives in foods, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, tobacco formulations, household products, and laundry care products.