Dsm N.v.

Stamicarbon B.v.

Richard Green

Anna M Castelijns

Johannes A Van Beek

Gerardus J Gruter

Henricus J Arts

Edwin G IJpeij

Johannes A M Van Beek

Gerardus J M Gruter

Hubertus J Dielemans

Alie Kuiterman

The process for the preparation of a selectively substituted cyclopentadiene compound which includes reacting a halide of a substituting compound in a mixture of the cyclopentadiene compound and an aqueous solution of a base in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst, wherein during the reaction the quantity of base relative to the cyclopentadiene compound may at any moment be between 5 and 30 mol/mol.

Process for cyclopentadiene substitution

Polysubstituted cyclopentadiene compound, in which at least one substituent is of the form -RDR'.sub.n, in which R is a bonding group, D is a hetero atom selected from group 15 or 16 of the Periodic System of the Elements, R' is a substituent and n is the number of R' groups bonded to D, and in that at least one further substituent is a branched alkyl group.

Cyclopentadiene compound substituted with branched alkyl groups

Polysubstituted cyclopentadiene compound, wherein at least one substituent is of the form --RDR'.sub.n, where R is a bonding group between the cyclopentadiene and the DR'.sub.n group, D is a hetero atom chosen from group 15 or 16 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, R' is a substituent and n is the number of R' groups bonded to D, and in which at least one further substituent is a linear alkyl group comprising at least 2 carbon atoms.

Cyclopentadiene compound substituted with linear groups

Polysubstituted cyclopentadiene compound wherein at least two different substituents are present from the group consisting of linear, branched and cyclic alkyls, aralkyls and alkenyls, and a process for the preparation of a cyclopentadiene compound substituted with at least two different groups chosen from the group consisting of linear, branched, cyclic and aromatic alkyls and alkenyls, characterized in that it comprises the reacting of a halide of a first substituting group in a mixture of the cyclopentadiene compound and an aqueous solution of a base, in which the quantity of the base relative to the cyclopentadiene compound is between 5 and 30 mol/mol, in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst, followed by the addition of a halide of a second or optionally a third substituting group to the reaction mixture.

Process for cyclopentadiene substitution with groups differing from each

The invention relates to a method for preparing an .alpha.-alkylcinnamaldehyde via aldol concensation of a benzaldehyde and an alkanal, with pyrrolidine being employed as a catalyst. The method is suitable, in particular, for preparing .alpha.-hexylcinnamaldehyde by aldol condensation of benzaldehyde and n-octanal, in particular for preparing .alpha.-hexylcinnamaldehyde of olfactory quality, since it was found that, in the method according to the invention, relatively little .alpha.-hexyldecenal, the aldol condensation product of n-octanal, is formed. Preferably, the aldol condensation is carried out without a solvent in the presence of an acid, and the alkanal is metered in over time to a mixture which contains pyrrolidine and benzaldehyde.

Method for preparing an alpha-alkycinnamaldehyde

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of high yields of 5-oxohexane nitriles with minimum formation of 1 undesired isomer. Such nitriles may be utilized as starting materials for the preparation of pharmaceutical and agrochemical intermediates and as well as final products. The process comprises reacting a methyl ketone and an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated nitrile in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a strong base. One of the products which may be created by the process is 2,4-dimethyl-5-oxohexane nitrile.

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