2102-62-7Relevant articles and documents
Heteropoly acid catalysts for the synthesis of fragrance compounds from biorenewables: Isomerization of limonene oxide
Costa, Vinicius V.,Da Silva Rocha, Kelly A.,Kozhevnikov, Ivan V.,Kozhevnikova, Elena F.,Gusevskaya, Elena V.
, p. 244 - 250 (2013/04/10)
The liquid-phase isomerization of limonene oxide was studied in the presence of heteropoly acid catalysts in aprotic solvents in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. Among the catalysts were bulk and silica-supported tungstophosphoric acid H3PW12O40 and its acidic Cs salt Cs0.5H0.5PW12O40 (CsPW). The reaction gave dihydrocarvone, a valuable fragrance intermediate, as the main product with turnover numbers of up to 8000. The nature of the solvent had a strong effect on reaction rate and selectivity. CsPW (0.1 mol%) was found to be a highly efficient and truly heterogeneous catalyst for this reaction, providing 82% yield of dihydrocarvone in 1,4-dioxane as a solvent under ambient conditions. This simple catalytic method represents economically attractive route to industrially important compounds starting from bio-renewable substrates easily available from essential oils. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2013.
Studies towards the taming of the 'carbocation' in the regioselective ring opening of epoxides to allylic alcohols
Chapman, Helen A.,Herbal, Karim,Motherwell, William B.
experimental part, p. 595 - 598 (2010/09/15)
Regioselective isomerisation of epoxides to allylic alcohols can be achieved using p-toluenesulfonic acid in the presence of 1,3- dimethylimidazolidin-2-one. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
Thermal degradation of terpenes: Camphene, Δ3-carene, limonene, and α-terpinene
Mcgraw, Gerald W.,Hemingway, Richard W.,Ingram Jr., Leonard L.,Canady, Catherine S.,Mcgraw, William B.
, p. 4029 - 4033 (2007/10/03)
Emissions from wood dryers have been of some concern for a number of years, and recent policy changes by the Environmental Protection Agency have placed emphasis upon the gaseous emissions that lead to the formation of particulate matter as small as 2.5 μm diameter. In this qualitative study, camphene, Δ3-carene, limonene, and α-terpinene were thermally degraded in the presence of air to determine the number and kind of oxidative degradation products that might be expected under drying conditions used in processing wood products. Various chromatographic methods were used to isolate the products for proof of structure by NMR and/or GC-MS. The degradation products resulted from dehydrogenations, epoxidations, double bond cleavages, allylic oxidations, and rearrangements. A number of compounds not previously associated with the thermal degradation of these terpenes were identified. Emissions from wood dryers have been of some concern for a number of years, and recent policy changes by the Environmental Protection Agency have placed emphasis upon the gaseous emissions that lead to the formation of particulate matter as small as 2.5 μm diameter. In this qualitative study, camphene, Δ3-carene, limonene, and α-terpinene were thermally degraded in the presence of air to determine the number and kind of oxidative degradation products that might be expected under drying conditions used in processing wood products. Various chromatographic methods were used to isolate the products for proof of structure by NMR and/or GC-MS. The degradation products resulted from dehydrogenations, epoxidations, double bond cleavages, allylic oxidations, and rearrangements. A number of compounds not previously associated with the thermal degradation of these terpenes were identified.
