申请人:TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
公开号:US20030109755A1
公开(公告)日:2003-06-12
Industrially advantageous processes for producing a 2-alkyl-2-cyclopentenone in high yields starting from a 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)cyclopentanone or a 2-alkylidenecyclopentanone, which are obtainable from a cyclopentanone and a carbonyl compound. A 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)cyclopentanone represented by the following general formula (1):
1
(wherein R
1
, R
2
, R
3
, R
4
, R
5
, R
6
and R
7
each independently represents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may have one or more substituents or an aromatic group which may have one or more substituents, and each of (1) R
6
or R
7
with R
3
and (2) R
6
or R
7
with R
4
or R
5
may be together combined to form a ring which may have a double bond) is subjected to dehydrative isomerization in the presence of a bromine compound and/or an iodine compound.
从环戊酮和羰基化合物获得的2-(1-羟基烷基)环戊酮或2-烷基亚烯环戊酮,是从高产率开始生产2-烷基-2-环戊酮的工业上有利的过程。在以下一般式(1)中表示的2-(1-羟基烷基)环戊酮中(其中R1、R2、R3、R4、R5、R6和R7分别独立地表示氢原子、具有1至10个碳原子的烷基基团,可能具有一个或多个取代基或可能具有一个或多个取代基的芳香基团,且(1) R6或R7与R3和(2) R6或R7与R4或R5中的每一个可能结合在一起形成可能具有双键的环)在溴化合物和/或碘化合物的存在下进行脱水异构化。