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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Werner Bonrath, Freiburg, DE;
Thomas Netscher, Bad Krozingen, DE;
Ulrich Wietelmann, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Vitamins Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of (all-rac)-&agr;-tocopherol by the catalyzed reaction of trimethylhydroquinone with isophytol or phytol is characterized by carrying out the reaction in the presence of hydrogen tris(oxalato)phosphate, or an adduct thereof with a solvent, as the catalyst in an organic solvent. The product of the process is the most active and industrially most important member of the vitamin E group.