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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Freddy Wattimena, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2606 / ; 2606755 ;
Abstract
Cyclic terpene compounds selected from the class consisting of pinane, alpha-pinene, beta-pinene and mixtures thereof are converted into their corresponding open-chain isomers-e.g., dihydromyrcene, allo-ocimene and myrcene-by thermal isomerization at a temperature of at least 300.degree. C in the presence of a solid material comprising a metal or metal oxide selected from the class consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals and mixtures thereof supported on a carrier having a specific surface area in the range of about 0.01 to about 20 m.sup.2 /g.