Process for producing lactones from unsaturated carbonyl compounds
AssigneeSCM Corporation
InventorT. L. Ho
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Abstract
A method for producing an alkyl substituted lactone including the steps of alkylating an unsaturated ketone with a C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl organometallic reagent such as a Grignard reagent or an alkali metal alkyl, to form an unsaturated alcohol, and oxidatively cleaving the unsaturated alcohol to form the lactone, and recovering the lactone.
Claims18
The method of making an alkyl substituted lactone which comprises the steps of reacting a hydride reagent or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl organometallic compound having the formula:
- R.sub.3 M (I)
- wherein R.sub.3 is selected from hydrogen and C.sub.1 -C.sub.11 alkyl or substituted alkyl groups, M is an alkali metal or magnesium halide, with a mono-alkenyl carbonyl having the formula:
- ##STR6## wherein R is a hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group or alkoxy group and R.sub.1, and R.sub.2 are independently selected from hydrogen and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, and n is an integer selected from 2 and 3, to form an unsaturated alcohol having the formula:
- ##STR7## wherein R, R.sub.1, and R.sub.3 and n have the meanings ascribed above, the reactants (I) and (II) being present in a molar ratio of at least about 1:1, oxidatively cleaving (III) to form an alkyl substituted lactone having the formula:
- ##STR8## wherein R, R.sub.3 and n are as described above, and recovering said lactone (IV).
The method of making an alkyl substituted lactone which comprises the steps of reacting a C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl organometallic compound having the formula:
- R.sub.3 M (I)
- wherein R.sub.3 is selected from hydrogen and C.sub.1 -C.sub.11 alkyl or substituted alkyl groups and M is an alkali metal or magnesium halide with a mono-alkenyl carbonyl compound having the formula:
- ##STR9## wherein R is hydrogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group or alkoxy group and R.sub.1, and R.sub.2 are independently selected from hydrogen and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group, and n is an integer selected from 2 and 3, to form an unsaturated alcohol having the formula:
- ##STR10## wherein R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 and n having the meanings ascribed above, the reactants (I) and (II) being present in a molar ratio of at least 1:1, oxidatively cleaving (III) to form an alkyl substituted lactone having the formula:
- ##STR11## wherein R, R.sub.3 and n are as described above and recovering said lactone (IV).
The method of making an alkyl substituted lactone which comprises the steps of reacting a mono-alkenyl carbonyl compound containing at least 5 carbon atoms with a hydride reagent or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl organometallic reagent in a molar ratio of at least about 1:1 to form an unsaturated alcohol, oxidatively cleaving said unsaturated alcohol to form the corresponding alkyl substituted lactone, and recovering said lactone.
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