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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2024
William Allen Boulanger, Mahomet, IL (US);
William Allen Boulanger, Mahomet, IL (US);
Abstract
A method including the steps of: (a) providing trans-cis nepetalactone; (b) providing sodium bicarbonate; (c) providing water; (d) providing methanol; (e) mixing the trans-cis nepetalactone, the sodium bicarbonate, the water, the methanol as a reaction mixture for approximately 15 hours at ambient temperature and pressure; (f) converting at least 95.2% of the nepetalactone to a ring open ester and/or aldehyde; (g) removing unreacted sodium bicarbonate via filtration; (h) transferring the filtered reaction mixture to a hydrogenation apparatus; (i) charging the hydrogenation apparatus with Raney nickel and/or Urushibara nickel; and (j) hydrogenating the ring open ester and/or aldehyde to generate at least one of DHN1, DHN2, and DHN3.