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US 2017/0291906 A1Published application
Compounds from renewable resources
OwnerThomas R. Hoye, Ashok Pehere +1inventors
InventorsThomas R. Hoye, Ashok Pehere, Shu Xu
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Abstract
Compounds of formula III: and salts thereof are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for preparing compounds of formula III, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula III and methods for preparing compounds and materials from compounds of formula III.
Claims20
A compound of formula III or a salt thereof:
- wherein:
- m is 1 or 2;
- R is H, (C1-C6)alkyl, or (C3-C6)cycloalkyl;
- and the dashed bond is a single bond or double bond.
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A compound of formula I or a salt thereof, or a compound of formula II or an enantiomer thereof:
- wherein R is R is H, (C1-C6)alkyl, or (C3-C6)cycloalkyl and each dashed bond is a single bond or double bond provided no two double bonds of the compound of formula II are cumulated.
A composition comprising:
- or salts thereof.
A method for preparing 2-methylstyrene comprising converting a compound of formula Id:
- or a salt thereof or an enantiomer or a salt thereof to 2-methylstyrene, wherein R is H, (C1-C6)alkyl, or (C3-C6)cycloalkyl.
A polymer comprising two or more residues of formula 26a:
- wherein:
- each m is 1 or 2;
- and each R is H, (C1-C6)alkyl, or (C3-C6)cycloalkyl;
- or a salt thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.