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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Mark B. Erman, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Joe W. Snow, Kingsland, GA (US);
Inventors:
Mark B. Erman, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Joe W. Snow, Kingsland, GA (US);
Assignee:
Renessenz, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 69/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for making menthyl glutarate is disclosed. The process comprises reacting excess glutaric acid and menthol to produce a mixture comprising monomenthyl glutarate (MMG) and dimenthyl glutarate (DMG), wherein the weight ratio of glutaric acid to menthol is from 1.0 to 1.6 and the resulting mixture comprises from 60 to 70 wt. % of MMG and from 30 to 40 wt. % of DMG.