申请人:SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED
公开号:EP0492940A1
公开(公告)日:1992-07-01
A 3-(2-cyclohexanoyl)propionic acid ester is in the presence of a solid metallic catalyst, cyclized and dehydrogenised at 100° to 350°C, optionally with solvent and promotor to given 3,4-dihydrocoumarin [D] in 30-70 mol% yield and coumarin [C] 5-35 mol% and by-product dihydrocinnamic acid [A], 0.1-20 wt%; hydrogenation can convert [C] to [D].
The reaction mixture is purified by (i) to remove acidic compounds washing with an aqueous solution of an alkali (e.g., NaOH or NAHCO₃); if a strong alkali metal or alkaline earth hydroxide is used its amount is not more than 1.5 equivalent per equivalent of [D]; the amount of solution is 0.1 to 10 times by weight that of the reaction mixture. The washing reduces the content of [A] to 1% by weight of the weight of [D], and/or (ii) to remove high boiling o-ethylphenyl cyclohexylpropionate/dihydrocinnamate to 2% by weight of that of [D] distillation at a reflux ratio of not more than 5 or in a tower having 10 stages or less, at 13-13330 Pa (0.1 to 10 Torr); (i) and (ii) can be used together in either order, followed by rectification in a 5-100 stage tower at a reflux ratio of 1 to 50, to recover [D].
The product contains not more than 0.05% of [A] and is suitable for use in perfume.
3-(2-环己酰基)丙酸酯在固体金属催化剂存在下,于 100°至 350°C 环化和脱氢,可选择使用溶剂和促进剂,得到 3,4-二氢香豆素[D],产率 30-70 mol%,香豆素[C]5-35 mol%,副产物二氢肉桂酸[A]0.1-20 wt%;氢化可将[C]转化为[D]。
反应混合物通过以下方法纯化:(i) 用碱(如 NaOH 或 NAHCO₃)水溶液洗涤以去除酸性化合物;如果使用强碱金属或碱土氢氧化物,其用量不超过每当量[D]1.5 个当量;溶液量为反应混合物重量的 0.1 至 10 倍。洗涤使[A]的含量降低到[D]重量的 1%,和/或(ii)除去高沸点邻乙基苯基环己基丙酸酯/二氢肉桂酸酯,使其含量降低到[D]重量的 2%。1至10托);(i)和(ii)可按任一顺序同时使用,然后在回流比为1至50的5至100级塔中进行精馏,以回收[D]。
产品中的[A]含量不超过 0.05%,适合用于香水。