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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2010
Gennadiy G. Kolomeyer, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Douglas A. Ferone, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Gennadiy G. Kolomeyer, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Douglas A. Ferone, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Millennium Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for making perillyl alcohol is disclosed. The process comprises isomerizing a starting material comprising trans-isocarveol at a temperature within the range of 100° C. to 220° C. in the presence of a Group 5 metal catalyst to produce perillyl alcohol. We surprisingly found that trans-isocarveol, which can be selectively produced from a commercially available mixture of cis- and trans-LMO, can be isomerized directly to perillyl alcohol. Yields of perillyl alcohol are improved when the isomerization is performed under an inert atmosphere and/or in the presence of a phenolic antioxidant. Performing the isomerization in the presence of a high-boiling alcohol and/or distilling the perillyl alcohol product from the reaction mixture in the presence of a high-boiling alcohol, enhances yields and maximizes catalyst use. The resulting distillation residue, which contains recovered Group 5 metal catalyst, is valuable for catalyzing additional trans-isocarveol isomerizations.