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US 4,310,701 AGranted
Process for the preparation of homologues of methyl dihydrojasmonate
AssigneeInternational Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
InventorsRichard A. Wilson, Braja D. Mookherjee, John B. Hall, Gilbert Stork
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Abstract
A process is described for the preparation of alkyl and alkylene homologues of methyl dihydrojasmonate which incorporate the novel process step: ##STR1## In the above reaction sequence, X is chloro or bromo and R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl.
Claims5
The process of reacting the compound having the structure:
- ##STR71## with HX in the presence of n-butanol or toluene in order to form, in one step, a compound having the structure:
- ##STR72## wherein R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and X is chloro or bromo.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.