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US 5,847,239 AGranted
Transesterification process
AssigneeQuest International B.V.
InventorsPaul Nicolas Davey, Clive Derek Richardson, Christopher Paul Newman, Barrie R. Hart
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Abstract
Dihydromyrcene is reacted with a carboxylic acid, eg acetic acid, to produce an ester which is then reacted with an alcohol in a transesterification reaction to produce (dihydro)myrcenol and another ester. The preferred alcohol is 4-tertiarybutylcyclohexanol. Myrcenol can be produced in a similar way.
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A process for preparing (dihydro)myrcenol comprising reacting a (dihydro)myrcenol ester of acetic, propionic, butyric or isobutyric acid, with an alcohol in a transesterification reaction to produce (dihydro)myrcenol.
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