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US 8,802,870 B2Granted
Method for converting trans-cis nepetalactone to cis-trans nepetalactone using molecular sieves
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsYamaira Gonzalez, David Richard Corbin
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Abstract
A method for converting trans-cis nepetalactone to cis-trans nepetalactone using molecular sieves. The molecular sieves may, for example, have a pH in water of at least about 9, and/or may be activated prior to use by heating.
Claims20
A method for converting trans-cis nepetalactone to cis-trans nepetalactone comprising contacting a trans-cis nepetalactone compound, or a mixture comprising trans-cis nepetalactone and cis-trans nepetalactone, with at least one molecular sieve, wherein a molecular sieve has a pH in water of at least about 8.
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