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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ulrich Huber, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Givaudan Corporation, Clifton, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2606 / ; 260389 ; 2603 / ; 568805 ; 2606 / ;
Abstract
Polyphenols of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents a readily cleavable ether group and R' represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkoxycarbonyl, such as the methoxycarbonyl or ethoxycarbonyl group, and of phloroglucinol, are made by heating a compound of the general formula: ##STR2## wherein R and R' have the same significance given above, with an alkali metal alcoholate and, if desired, converting the resulting compound of formula I into pholoroglucinol by ether-cleavage and removal of any ester group denoted by R' which may be present in accordance with methods known per se.