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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
Arun Kumar Sinha, Himachal Pradesh, IN;
Bhupendra Prasad Joshi, Himachal Pradesh, IN;
Ruchi Dogra, Himachal Pradesh, IN;
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, IN;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the preparation of substituted trans-cinnamaldehyde, a natural yellow dye from Phenylpropane derivatives having R —R —R —R —R substitution, wherein R to R equal or different, being hydrogen or hydroxy or acyl or halogen or alkyl or heterocyclic or aryl or dioxymethylene or alkoxy groups, etc., by oxidizing the said phenylpropane derivatives using a oxidising agent such as 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) or p-chloranil or pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) or tBuOOH or CrO with a catalytic amount of inorganic/organic acid or alumina, celite, and silica gel as a solid support for microwave irradiation and thus substituted trans-cinnamaldehydes, a natural yellow dye, are obtained in high yield ranging from 68-82%.