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Reconstruction of lavandulol carbon skeleton based on limonene. Synthesis of isotetrahydrolavandulol
Author(s) -
Kula Józef,
Wilczyńska Janina,
Chmielecka Ilona
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.980
Subject(s) - chemistry , heptanal , hydrogenolysis , yield (engineering) , limonene , organic chemistry , skeleton (computer programming) , alcohol , catalysis , aldehyde , chromatography , metallurgy , programming language , materials science , computer science , essential oil
Starting from limonene 2,5,6‐trimethylheptan‐1‐ol, an alcohol with a lavandulol skeleton have been synthesized. The key step of the synthesis was catalytic hydrogenolysis of 3‐isopropenyl‐6‐oxo‐heptanal, providing 5,6‐dimethylheptan‐2‐ol in a good yield. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.