申请人:Takasago International Corporation
公开号:EP2452933A1
公开(公告)日:2012-05-16
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing sulfur-containing carboxylic acid esters that are useful for aromatizing and flavoring purpose and can cater to the needs for diversified aromatized and/or flavored products, and to further provide a fragrance and/or flavor composition comprising the ester producible by the method and an aromatized and/or flavored product comprising the same.
The present invention provides a method for producing a sulfur-containing carboxylic acid ester represented by the following formula (3):
(wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an optionally substituted phenyl group (wherein the substituent thereof is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms), R2 and R3 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or R2 and R3 together form an alkylene group, and R4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms), the method comprising a reaction of, in the presence of an acid catalyst, an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester represented by the following general formula (1):
(wherein R1, R2 and R3 have the same meanings as defined above, and the wavy line represents cis or trans configuration), with a thiocarboxylic acid represented by the following general formula (2):
(wherein R4 has the same meaning as defined above).
本发明的目的是提供一种生产含硫羧酸酯的方法,该羧酸酯可用于芳香化和调味目的,并可满足多样化芳香化和/或调味产品的需求,并进一步提供一种包含通过该方法生产的酯的香料和/或调味组合物,以及包含该酯的芳香化和/或调味产品。
本发明提供了一种生产下式(3)所代表的含硫羧酸酯的方法:
(其中 R1 代表具有 1 至 10 个碳原子的烷基或任选取代的苯基(其中其取代基为具有 1 至 4 个碳原子的烷基或具有 1 至 4 个碳原子的烷氧基),R2 和 R3 独立地代表氢原子、R2和R3分别代表氢原子、具有1至10个碳原子的烷基或具有2至10个碳原子的烯基,或R2和R3共同形成亚烷基,R4代表具有1至4个碳原子的烷基),该方法包括在酸催化剂存在下,与下通式(1)代表的α,β-不饱和羧酸酯反应:
(其中 R1、R2 和 R3 的含义与上述定义相同,波浪线代表顺式或反式构型)与下 列通式 (2) 所代表的硫代羧酸进行反应:
(其中 R4 的含义与上述定义相同)。