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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Furanix Technologies B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Bing Wang, Amsterdam, NL;
Gerardus Johannes Maria Gruter, Amsterdam, NL;
Matheus Adrianus Dam, Amsterdam, NL;
Robert Michael Kriegel, Decatur, GA (US);
FURANIX TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Benzene derivatives of the formula (I); wherein Rand R, are the same or different and independently are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, —CHO, —CHOR, —CH(OR)(OR) and —COOR, wherein R, Rand Rare the same or different and are selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, alkylcarbonyl or arylcarbonyl, or wherein Rand Rtogether form an alkylene group and wherein Ris selected from hydrogen, alkyl and aryl, are prepared in a process, which comprises:reacting a furan derivative of formula (II): wherein Rand Rhave the meanings above, with ethylene under cycloaddition reaction conditions in the presence of an acid solvent to produce the benzene derivative, wherein the acid solvent is a carboxylic acid and is present in a weight ratio acid solvent to furan derivative from 1:1 to 250:1.