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AssigneeMitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
InventorsMitsuharu Kitamura, Shinji Kotachi, Shinya Nagasawa, Yoshiharu Ataka
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Disclosed is a method for producing an alicyclic alcohol represented by general formula (III) which is useful as a starting material for a flavor mixture or the like at low cost in high yield. The alicyclic alcohol represented by general formula (III) is produced by preparing a cyclohexanecarbonyl compound represented by general formula (II) through the carbonylation of an unsaturated hydrocarbon represented by general formula (I) (preferably a compound obtained through the partial reduction of a diene compound) using carbon monoxide in the presence of HF, and thereafter reducing the cyclohexanecarbonyl compound. In formulae (I), (II), and (III), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 represents an OH group, fluorine, or an OR4 group, and R4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
A method for producing an alicyclic alcohol, comprising:
The method of claim 13, wherein the catalyst comprises at least one non-carried metal catalyst selected from the group consisting of Raney nickel, Raney cobalt, Raney copper, a platinum oxide, a palladium oxide, a rhodium oxide, a ruthenium oxide, and a colloid catalyst.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.