Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Basf Se Corporation

Oliver Löber

Klaus Ebel

Thorsten Johann

Eike Johannes Bergner

Johann-Peter Melder

Rocco Paciello

Klaus Harth

Christian Walsdorff

Michael Röper

Oliver Bey

Christoph Benisch

Frank Haese

Wolfgang Ahlers

Thomas Mackewitz

Martin Volland

Xavier Sava

Jürgen Stephan

Volker Böhm

Processes comprising: (a) enantioselectively hydrogenating a staffing material comprising a component selected from geraniol, nerol and mixtures thereof to form optically active citronellol; (b) converting the optically active citronellol to optically active citronellal; (c) cyclizing the optically active citronellal to form a mixture comprising optically active isopulegol; and (d) subjecting the mixture to further processing comprising: (i) separating the optically active isopulegol from the mixture and hydrogenating the separated optically active isopulegol to form optically active menthol; or (ii) hydrogenating the optically active isopulegol in the mixture to form optically active menthol and separating the optically active menthol from the mixture.

Method for the production of menthol

The present invention relates to a process for preparing optically active aldehydes or ketones which have from 3 to 25 carbon atoms and at least one racemizable stereocenter by catalytic dehydrogenation of the corresponding optically active primary or secondary alcohols in the gas phase in the presence of a catalyst.

Method for producing optically active carbonyl compounds

The invention relates to a process for preparing 4-[aminoalkoxy]benzylamines of the general formula (I) by catalytically hydrogenating 4-[aminoalkoxy]benzonitriles of the general formula (II) where, in the compounds of the general formulae I and II, Ris C-C-alkylene, Rand Rare each independently C-C-alkyl or are joined to give a ring which may additionally contain a heteroatom, which comprises carrying out the hydrogenation at elevated pressure and elevated temperatures. The invention further relates to a process for preparing the intermediate (II).

Method for producing aminoalkoxy benzylamines and aminoalkoxy benzonitriles as intermediates

The invention relates to a method for producing dialdehydes and/or ethylenically unsaturated monoaldehydes by reacting at least one compound with at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a hydroformylating catalyst with at least one complex of a metal of subgroup VIII. The subgroup comprises at least pnicogen chelate ligands.

Method for producing dialdehydes and or ethylenically unsaturated monoaldehydes by hydroformylating ethylenically unsaturated compounds

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