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US 10,266,468 B2Granted
Process for preparing a mixture of terpene alcohols
AssigneeBASF Agro B.V.
InventorsBernd Wolf, Michael Rack, Stefan Benson, Roland Goetz, Helmut Kraus
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a mixture of terpene alcohols comprising limonene-4-ol and terpinene-4-ol from terpinolene epoxide via an isomerization and/or hydrogenation reaction in the presence of a copper catalyst.
Claims15
A process for preparing a mixture of terpene alcohols comprising limonene-4-ol of formula (II)
- and terpinene-4-ol of formula (III)
- said process comprising contacting terpinolene epoxide of formula (I)
- with hydrogen in the presence of at least one copper catalyst and at least one inert organic solvent selected from carboxylic acid esters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.