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US 4,227,022 AGranted
Acetylenic diols and monoethers thereof
AssigneeHoffmann-La Roche Inc.
InventorMichael Rosenberger
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Abstract
A total synthesis of canthaxanthin or dinor-canthaxanthin, known food coloring agents, from pentols.
Claims2
The compound of the formula:
- ##STR25## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alpha-lower alkoxy-lower alkyl, tetrahydropyranyl, benzyl, benzhydryl, t-butyl or 4-methyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-pyranyl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.