China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd

Sheng Lei

Zhenjie Li

Zhihua Liu

Deshou Mao

Qianxu Yang

Kai Wang

Yipeng Zhang

Wei Zhe

Ying Yang

Kunmiao Wang

Qianghui Zhou

Li Gao

Wei Zhang

Baokun Zhu

Lei Fu

Ran Tian

Hongming Yang

Zhiqiang Xie

Zhiyu Li

Liang He

Jian Zhang

Rongfen Qu

Juan Liu

Guofu Zhou

A (Z)-solanone has the steric formula of: or with the name of (S,Z)-5-isopropyl-8-methyl-6,8-diene-2-one or (R,Z)-5-isopropyl-8-methyl-6,8-diene-2-one. A process for the preparation of the (Z)-type solanone and the use thereof in flavoring of cigarette shred are further disclosed. The process includes the following steps: (1) reacting isopentanal and methyl vinyl ketone, under the action of a catalyst and a co-catalyst, to give (S)-2-isopropyl-5-carbonylhexanal or (R)-2-isopropyl-5-carbonylhexanal; (2) reacting the (S)-2-isopropyl-5-carbonylhexanal or the (R)-2-isopropyl-5-carbonylhexanal obtained in step (1) with (iodomethyl)triphenylphosphonium iodide, to give (S,Z)-7-iodo-5-isopropyl-6-ene-2-one or (R,Z)-7-iodo-5-isopropyl-6-ene-2-one; and (3) reacting the (S,Z)-7-iodo-5-isopropyl-6-ene-2-one or the (R,Z)-7-iodo-5-isopropyl-6-ene-2-one obtained in step (2) with pinacol isopropenylborate in the presence of a catalyst to give the (Z)-solanone.

(z)-solanone, and preparation process and use thereof

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