GB397212A - Improvements in the manufacture of optically active menthols - Google Patents

Improvements in the manufacture of optically active menthols

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GB397212A
GB397212A GB656732A GB656732A GB397212A GB 397212 A GB397212 A GB 397212A GB 656732 A GB656732 A GB 656732A GB 656732 A GB656732 A GB 656732A GB 397212 A GB397212 A GB 397212A
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menthol
ester
chloride
optically
acid
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WILLIAM JOHN GRUBB
Tronox Pigment UK Ltd
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WILLIAM JOHN GRUBB
Cristal Pigment UK Ltd
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07—ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07C—ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07C35/00—Compounds having at least one hydroxy or O-metal group bound to a carbon atom of a ring other than a six-membered aromatic ring
    • C07C35/02—Compounds having at least one hydroxy or O-metal group bound to a carbon atom of a ring other than a six-membered aromatic ring monocyclic
    • C07C35/08—Compounds having at least one hydroxy or O-metal group bound to a carbon atom of a ring other than a six-membered aromatic ring monocyclic containing a six-membered rings
    • C07C35/12—Menthol

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Abstract

A mixture of d- and l-menthols is resolved into its optically-active components by esterification with d- or l-menthoxyacetic acid, isolating one of the esters by fractional crystallization and hydrolysing it under such conditions that the liberated menthoxyacetic acid is not decomposed. For the hydrolysis, treatment with a slight excess of dilute alcoholic alkali solution is suitable. The esterification is preferably effected with the use of the optically-active menthoxyacetyl chloride, prepared by treatment of the acid with thionyl chloride, in the presence of a tertiary base such as pyridine or quinoline. According to the examples, racemic menthol is esterified with l-menthoxyacetyl chloride and d-menthol obtained from the ester which crystallizes out from methyl alcohol; the ester remaining in the mother liquor is saponified, the recovered menthol esterified with d-menthoxyacetyl chloride, and l-menthol isolated by hydrolysis of the ester after its crystallization from methyl alcohol.
GB656732A 1932-03-04 1932-03-04 Improvements in the manufacture of optically active menthols Expired GB397212A (en)

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3171855A (en) * 1962-02-12 1965-03-02 Glidden Co Separating isomeric menthyl oxalate esters by agitating a crystallizing mixture of said esters
US3943181A (en) * 1971-02-27 1976-03-09 Haarmann & Reimer Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung Separating optically pure d-l-isomers of menthol, neomenthol and isomenthol
US8785698B2 (en) 2009-02-17 2014-07-22 Nagaoka & Co., Ltd. Methods and apparatus for production of natural L-menthol
CN104829422A (en) * 2015-04-10 2015-08-12 湖南利洁生物化工有限公司 Method for splitting D,L-menthol

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3171855A (en) * 1962-02-12 1965-03-02 Glidden Co Separating isomeric menthyl oxalate esters by agitating a crystallizing mixture of said esters
US3943181A (en) * 1971-02-27 1976-03-09 Haarmann & Reimer Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung Separating optically pure d-l-isomers of menthol, neomenthol and isomenthol
US8785698B2 (en) 2009-02-17 2014-07-22 Nagaoka & Co., Ltd. Methods and apparatus for production of natural L-menthol
CN104829422A (en) * 2015-04-10 2015-08-12 湖南利洁生物化工有限公司 Method for splitting D,L-menthol

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