Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of preparing chromanes from 2,5-dimethylfuran and substituted alkynes comprising an long chain unsaturated alkyl group as substituent in the alpha position of a substituted phenol followed by oxidation, reduction and acid ring closure. It is particularly advantageous to use 2,5-dimethylfuran as this offers an ecological beneficial synthesis of β-tocopherol.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a synthesis of chromanones or chromanes in a stereospecific matter in view of the 2-position in the chromanone or chromane ring. It has been found that this synthesis is particularly possible in the presence of a chiral compound of formula of a specific type and of at least one urea or thiourea.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process of manufacturing (6R,10R)-6,10,14-trimethylpentadecan-2-one in a multistep synthesis from a mixture of (5E,9E)-, (5E,9Z)-, (5Z,9E)- and (5Z.9Z)-isomers of 6,10,14-trimethylpentadeca-5,9,13-trien-2-one or 6,10,14-trimethylpentadeca-5,9-dien-2-one. The process is very advantageous in that it forms in an efficient way the desired chiral product from a mixture of stereoisomers of the starting product.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an improved process for the production of 4-alkanoyloxy-2-methylbutanoic acid, as well as to the use of such compounds in organic syntheses, especially in processes forming intermediates (building blocks) for the synthesis of organic compounds comprising isoprene (isoterpene) units, such as β-carotene or other carotenoids (e.g. canthaxanthin, zeaxanthin or astaxanthin) or as vitamin E or vitamin A as well as other structurally similar compounds.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process of production of a compound, which is useful as an intermediate (building block) in organic synthesis, especially in the synthesis of vitamin A or β-carotene and derivatives thereof, e.g. canthaxanthin, astaxanthin or zeaxanthin.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed towards the use of substituted chroman-6-ols with extended lipophilic side chains of formula (I) wherein one of the two substituents R1 and R2 is C12-21-alkyl and the other of the two substituents R1 and R2 is either hydrogen or C1-5-alkyl or (CH2)n—OH with n being an integer from 1 to 5, and wherein A is CH(R3), and wherein R3, R4 and R6 are independently from each other H or C1-4-alkyl, and wherein R5 is H or OH or C1-4-alkyl or C1-4-alkoxy; with the proviso that at least two of R4, R5 and R6 are not methyl, when R3 is H and one of the substituents R1 and R2 is methyl and the other of the two substituents R1 and R2 is C12-21-alkyl, as antioxidants, especially in feed such as pet food and feed ingredients such as fish meal, insect meal and poultry meal, as well as PUFA-containing oil such as marine oil, microbial oil, fungal oil, algal oil and PUFA-containing plant oil. The present invention is further directed towards feed ingredients and feed for insects, aquatic and terrestrial animals comprising such substituted chroman-6-ols with extended lipophilic side chains of formula (I).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a synthesis of chromanones or chromanes in a stereospecific matter in view of the 2-position in the chromanone or chromane ring. It has been found that this synthesis is particularly possible in the presence of a chiral compound of a specific type and of at least one Bransted acid or in the presence a specific chiral compound having a Bransted acid functional group in the molecule.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process of manufacturing compound having stereogenic centers from a mixture of E/Z isomers of unsaturated compounds having prochiral double bonds. The hydrogenation product has a specific desired configuration at the stereogenic centers. The process involves an asymmetric hydrogenation and an isomerization step. The process is very advantageous in that it forms the desired chiral product from a mixture of stereoisomers of the starting product in an efficient way.