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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Gennadiy G. Kolomeyer, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Jacob S. Oyloe, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Gennadiy G. Kolomeyer, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Jacob S. Oyloe, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Millennium Specialty Chemicals, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C045/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of an alpha, beta-unsaturated cyclic ketone, such as carvone, comprises the dehydrogenation of a secondary allylic cyclic alcohol, such as carveol, in the presence of at least one metal carboxylate. The process can be performed in a batchwise or continuous mode. Examples of suitable metal carboxylates include magnesium stearate, calcium 2-ethylhexanoate, and zinc 2-ethylhexanoate.