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A practical and convenient synthesis of hotrienol, an excellent fruity smelling compound
Yoshifumi Yuasa1, Yasushi Kato
1Technical Engineering Department, Fine Chemical Division, Takasago International Corporation, 1-5-1 Nishiyawata, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 254-0073, Japan. yoshifumi_yuasa@takasago.com
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
|June 26, 2003
Abstract:
The practical and convenient synthesis of hotrienol, which is an excellent fruity smelling compound, has been performed by the ene-type chlorination of linalyl acetate and then dehydrochlorinated by lithium bromide and lithium carbonate in DMF, followed by hydrolysis in three steps with an overall yield of 55%.