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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1992
Daniel Helmlinger, Dubendorf, CH;
Givaudan-Roure Corporation, Clifton, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of a mixture of (3a.alpha.,5a.beta.,9a.alpha.,9b.beta.)-dodecahydro-3a,6,6,9a-tetramethyln aphtho-[2,1-b]furan and (3a.alpha.,5a.beta.,9a.alpha.,9b.alpha.)-dodecahydro-3a,6,6,9a-tetramethyl naphtho[2,1-b]furan which utilizes the substituted hexenoic acids, 6-(2',6',6'-trimethyl-cyclohex-1'-en-1'-yl)-4-methyl-hex-2- or -3-enoic acid. The invention also concerns nitriles and a process for manufacture of the hexonic acids from the nitriles, having the formula ##STR1## wherein one of the bonds denotes a single bond and the other denotes a double bond, and, R represents hydrogen or the ester group COOR.sup.1 in which R.sup.1 represents a lower alkyl or aryl group.