Aldehyde compound and method for producing same, and fragrance composition
AssigneeMitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
InventorsToru Shishimi, Yutaka Matsuura, Shinichi Nagao
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Abstract
Provided are a novel aldehyde compound suitable for a fragrance and a fragrance ingredient, or a raw material thereof, and a method for producing the aldehyde compound, as well as a fragrance composition containing the aldehyde compound as an active ingredient, and use of the aldehyde compound as a fragrance. A compound represented by Formula (1): where in Formula (1), R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
Claims6
A compound represented by Formula (1):
- where, in Formula (1), R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
A compound represented by Formula (2):
A method for producing a compound represented by Formula (1), the method comprising, in this order:
- performing an aldol condensation on a compound represented by Formula (2) with acetaldehyde or propionaldehyde to form a compound represented by Formula (3);
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- hydrogenating the compound represented by Formula (3) to form the compound represented by Formula (1):
- where, in Formula (3), R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and
- where, in Formula (1), R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.