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Usage

Uses

Used in Perfumery Industry:
Rosaphen is used as a fragrance ingredient for its rose blossom and slightly waxy odor. Its stability and cost-effectiveness make it a popular choice in the creation of various perfumes and fragrances.

Trade name

Rosaphen? (Symrise)

InChI:InChI=1/C12H18O/c1-11(10-13)6-5-9-12-7-3-2-4-8-12/h2-4,7-8,11,13H,5-6,9-10H2,1H3

Upstream product

• 6683-49-4 (4-methylpent-4-en-1-yl)benzene 
• 75553-24-1 (Z)-2-methyl-5-phenylpent-2-en-1-ol 
• 114377-78-5 ethyl (Z)-2-methyl-5-phenyl-pent-2-enoate 
• 143097-60-3 (±)-2-methyl-5-phenylpentanoic acid 
• 71-23-8 propan-1-ol 
• 122-97-4 3-Phenyl-1-propanol 
• 201230-82-2 carbon monoxide 
• 10521-91-2 5-phenylpentan-1-ol 
• 67-56-1 methanol 
• 75553-25-2 (E)-2-Methyl-5-phenyl-2-penten-1-ol 
• 26395-15-3 2-methyl-5-phenyl-valeric acid ethyl ester 
• 114377-78-5 ethyl (E)-2-methyl-5-phenyl-pent-2-enoate 

Downstream Products

• 1141487-54-8 5-cyclohexyl-2-methylpentanol 
• 101807-66-3 (5-chloro-4-methyl-pentyl)-benzene 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Carbon monoxide and hydrogen (syngas) as a C1-building block for selective catalytic methylation

A catalytic reaction using syngas (CO/H2) as feedstock for the selective β-methylation of alcohols was developed whereby carbon monoxide acts as a C1 source and hydrogen gas as a reducing agent. The overall transformation occurs through an intricate network of metal-catalyzed and base-mediated reactions. The molecular complex [Mn(CO)2Br[HN(C2H4PiPr2)2]]1comprising earth-abundant manganese acts as the metal component in the catalytic system enabling the generation of formaldehyde from syngas in a synthetically useful reaction. This new syngas conversion opens pathways to install methyl branches at sp3carbon centers utilizing renewable feedstocks and energy for the synthesis of biologically active compounds, fine chemicals, and advanced biofuels.

Manganese(I)-Catalyzed β-Methylation of Alcohols Using Methanol as C1 Source

Highly selective β-methylation of alcohols was achieved using an earth-abundant first row transition metal in the air stable molecular manganese complex [Mn(CO)2Br[HN(C2H4PiPr2)2]] 1 ([HN(C2H4PiPr2)2]=MACHO-iPr). The reaction requires only low loadings of 1 (0.5 mol %), methanolate as base and MeOH as methylation reagent as well as solvent. Various alcohols were β-methylated with very good selectivity (>99 %) and excellent yield (up to 94 %). Biomass derived aliphatic alcohols and diols were also selectively methylated on the β-position, opening a pathway to “biohybrid” molecules constructed entirely from non-fossil carbon. Mechanistic studies indicate that the reaction proceeds through a borrowing hydrogen pathway involving metal–ligand cooperation at the Mn-pincer complex. This transformation provides a convenient, economical, and environmentally benign pathway for the selective C?C bond formation with potential applications for the preparation of advanced biofuels, fine chemicals, and biologically active molecules.

Controlled Reduction of Carboxamides to Alcohols or Amines by Zinc Hydrides

New protocols for controlled reduction of carboxamides to either alcohols or amines were established using a combination of sodium hydride (NaH) and zinc halides (ZnX2). Use of a different halide on ZnX2 dictates the selectivity, wherein the NaH-ZnI2 system delivers alcohols and NaH-ZnCl2 gives amines. Extensive mechanistic studies by experimental and theoretical approaches imply that polymeric zinc hydride (ZnH2)∞ is responsible for alcohol formation, whereas dimeric zinc chloride hydride (H?Zn?Cl)2 is the key species for the production of amines.

Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed β-Methylation of Alcohols using Methanol as C1 Source

Selective introduction of methyl branches into the carbon chains of alcohols can be achieved with low loadings of ruthenium precatalyst [RuH(CO)(BH4)(HN(C2H4PPh2)2)] (Ru-MACHO-BH) using methanol both as methylating reagent and as reaction medium. A wide range of structurally divers alcohols was β-methylated with excellent selectivity (>99 %) in fair to high yields (up to 94 %) under standard conditions, and turnover numbers up to 18,000 could be established. The overall reaction rate of the complex catalytic network appears to be governed by interconnection of the individual subcycles through availability of the reactive intermediates. The synthetic procedure opens pathways to important structural motifs following the Green Chemistry principles.

Ru-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling between Primary Alcohols to Guerbet Alcohol Derivatives: With Relevance for Fragrance Synthesis

A simple method has been developed for the cross dehydrogenative coupling between two different primary alcohols using readily available RuCl2(PPh3)3 as a precatalyst through the borrowing-hydrogen approach. The present methodology is applicable to a large variety of alcohol derivatives including long chain aliphatic alcohols and heteroaryl alcohols. In addition, the methodology was applied in a straightforward protocol to synthesize commercially available fragrances such as Rosaphen and Cyclamenaldehyde in good yields.

Lipase-mediated preparation of optically active isomers of Rosaphen

The optically active isomers of Rosaphen (RS)-1 were synthesized from the chiral intermediate prepared by lipase-catalyzed desymmetrization of prochiral diol. The results of an olfactory evaluation of the prepared isomers are reported.

Compounds having protected hydroxy groups

The present invention relates to compounds with protected hydroxy groups of formula (I) These compounds are precursors for organoleptic agents, such as fragrances, and masking agents and for antimicrobial agents. When activated, the compounds of formula (I) are cleaved and form one or more organoleptic and/or antimicrobial compounds.

Beta-ketoester compounds

The beta-ketoesters of formula I are useful as precursors for organoleptic compounds, especially for flavors, fragrances and masking agents and antimicrobial compounds.

Ketone precursors for organoleptic compounds

The invention discloses ketones of formula I: wherein, Y is an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, or cycloalkylalkyl, wherein each alkyl group is straight or branched and each alkyl and cycloalkyl group is saturated or unsaturated; R1is hydrogen or a C1-6alkyl group that is substituted, saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched; A is a chromophoric substituted aromatic ring or ring system; n is an integer; and with the proviso that formula I is not 2-ethoxy-1-phenyl-ethanone. These compositions are useful for the delivery of organoleptic compounds, especially of flavors, fragrances, masking agents and antimicrobial compounds.

Cob(I)alamin als Katalysator. 6. Mitteilung . Bildung und Fragmentierung von Alkylcobalaminen, ein Gleichgewichtsprozess zwischen nukleophiler Addition und reduktiver Fragmentierung

Isolated olefines can be saturated using catalytic amounts of cob(I)alamin in aqueous acetic acid; as electron source an excess of zinc dust is added to the solution containing the homogeneous catalyst.During this overall hydrogenation of isolated double bonds intermediate alkylcobalamins are formed (compare e.g.Schemes 2, 4, 5, 7 and 12).Clear evidence is presented that the nucleophilic attack on the isolated double bond is carried out by cob(I)alamin and not by cob(II)alamin also present in the system (see Scheme 3b and 3c).As this catalytic saturation of olefins depends on the pH of the solution, characterized by a slow reaction at pH=7.0 compared to the same reduction in aqueous acetic acid (see Scheme 2, 2 -> 4, and Scheme 3a), it is reasonable to accept the participation of an electrophilic attack by a proton during the generation of alkylcobalamins. - We use the term nucleophilic addition to describe the formation of alkylcobalamins from a proton, an olefin and cob(I)alamin (compare Schemes 4-7 and 12).A special sequence of experiments showed the nucleophilic addition to beregioselective.Preferentially the higher substituted alkylcobalamin revealed to be produced.Therefore, the nucleophilic addition of cob(I)alamin follows the Markownikoff rule (compare chap. 4: formation and fragmentation of β-hydroxyalkylcobalamins).Under the reaction conditions applied the intermediate alkylcobalamins can be present in base-on and base-off forms.They are known to exist as octahedral complexes and might also be stable to some extent as tetragonal-pyramidal species.In addition the base-off forms can partially be protonated at the dimethylbenzimidazole moiety in aqueous acetic acid (compare Scheme 12).From this equilibrium of intermediate alkylcobalamins three modes of decay disclosed to be possible: (i) The reductive fragmentation leading to an olefin, a proton, and cob(I)alamin is the formal retro-reaction of the nucleophilic addition (see Schemes 2, 4 and 6-12).This equilibrium of an associated alkylcobalamin and the corresponding dissociation products revealed to be a fast process compared to the reductive cleavage of the Co, C-bond cited below (s. (iii)). (ii) As the second reaction pattern an oxidative fragmentation producing an olefin, a hydroxy anion (or water, respectively) and cob(III)alamin has been observed (see Schemes 7, 8, 10 and 12). (iii) The slow reductive cleavage of the Co, C-bond, initiated by addition of electrons (see ), was the third reaction path observed (see Schemes 2, 4-8 and 10-12. - The stereochemistry of the three transformations originating from the intermediate alkylcobalamins is unknown up to now.The antiperiplanar pattern of the fragmentation reactions presented in the Schemes has been chosen arbitrarily (see e.g.Scheme 12).