Abstract: Perillic alcohol is prepared by allowing beta-pinene epoxide to react with an aqueous suspension of mercuric salt, after this, the organic fraction is removed from the reaction medium, and treated with an inorganic acid. If the inorganic fraction is left untreated, 7, 8-dihydroxy-1-paramenthene is obtained. Perillic alcohol and derivatives thereof are used in the fields of perfumery, cosmetics and soaps.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 10, 1980
Date of Patent:
December 15, 1981
Assignee:
Synarome H, Fraysse et Cie
Inventors:
Marcel Fetizon, Jules E. Ecoto, Sylvain Lazare