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Synthesis Reference(s)

Tetrahedron Letters, 17, p. 463, 1976 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)77883-X

InChI:InChI=1/C10H18/c1-8(2)10-6-4-9(3)5-7-10/h6,8-9H,4-5,7H2,1-3H3

Upstream product

• 64-17-5 ethanol 
• 16052-42-9 (1R,2S,5R)-menthyl chloride 
• 13371-12-5 neomenthyl chloride 
• 110-15-6 succinic acid 
• 77341-67-4 L-menthylsuccinic acid 
• 498-81-7 p-menthan-8-ol 
• 89-78-1 menthol 
• 2216-52-6 Neomenthol 
• 10458-14-7 (2R,5S)-menthone 
• 64240-81-9 3-iodo-p-menthane 
• 470-65-5 p-menthane-4-ol 
• 854823-95-3 4-chloro-p-menthane 
• 563-63-3 silver(I) acetate 
• 15356-70-4 menthol 

Downstream Products

• 4053-64-9 (+/-)-4c-methyl-1-isopropyl-cyclohexane-1r,2t-diol 
• 53067-10-0 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octanediol 
• 100-21-0 terephthalic acid 
• 470-65-5 p-menthane-4-ol 
• 854823-95-3 4-chloro-p-menthane 
• 116836-10-3 4-bromo-p-menthane 
• 35551-82-7 4-chloro-p-menthan-3-ol 
• 5980-81-4 p-menth-3-en-2-yl hydroperoxide 
• 13150-02-2 4-p-menthan-4-yl-phenol 
• 61585-35-1 p-menth-1-ene 
• 1124-27-2 p-4⁽⁸⁾-menthene 
• 1879-07-8 cis-p-8-menthene 
• 1678-82-6 trans-1,4-menthane 
• 6069-98-3 cis-1-isopropyl-4-methyl-cyclohexane 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Continuous synthesis of menthol from citronellal and citral over Ni-beta-zeolite-sepiolite composite catalyst

One-pot continuous synthesis of menthols both from citronellal and citral was investigated over 5 wt% Ni supported on H-Beta-38-sepiolite composite catalyst at 60–70 °C under 10–29 bar hydrogen pressure. A relatively high menthols yield of 53% and 49% and stereoselectivity to menthol of 71–76% and 72–74% were obtained from citronellal and citral respectively at the contact time 4.2 min, 70 °C and 20 bar. Citral conversion noticeably decreased with time-on-stream under 10 and 15 bar of hydrogen pressure accompanied by accumulation of citronellal, the primary hydrogenation product of citral, practically not affecting selectivity to menthol. A substantial amount of defuctionalization products observed during citral conversion, especially at the beginning of the reaction (ca. 1 h), indicated that all intermediates could contribute to formation of menthanes. Ni/H-Beta-38-sepiolite composite material prepared by extrusion was characterized by TEM, SEM, XPS, XRD, ICP-OES, N2 physisorption and FTIR techniques to perceive the interrelation between the physico-chemical and catalytic properties.

STRONGLY LEWIS ACIDIC METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW CATALYSIS

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Synthesis of isobenzofuran derivatives from renewable 2-carene over halloysite nanotubes

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Heterogeneously Catalysed Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Menthol in a Fixed-Bed Reactor in the Gas Phase

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Hybrid catalysts based on platinum and palladium nanoparticles for the hydrogenation of terpenes under slurry conditions

Catalysts based on platinum and palladium nanoparticles immobilized in mesoporous phenolformaldehyde polymers modified with sulfo groups have been used for the hydrogenation of a number of terpenes, such as (S)-(–)-limonene, α-terpinene, γ-terpinene, and terpinolene. It has been found that Pd-containing catalysts exhibit higher activity in the exhaustive hydrogenation of terpenes, whereas Pt-containing catalysts have high selectivity for p-menthene.

Supercritical fluid deposition of Ru nanoparticles onto SiO2 SBA-15 as a sustainable method to prepare selective hydrogenation catalysts

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