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Chemistry for Sustainable Development

2003 year, number 1

The Catalytic Method of Verbanol Preparation with Controlled Isomer Distribution Starting from Renewable Material О±-Pinene

I. L. Simakova and V. A. Semikolenov
G. K. Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Pr. Akademika Lavrentyeva 5, Novosibirsk 630090 (Russia), E-mail: simakova@catalysis.nsk.su

Abstract

The reasonable scheme of commercially valuable odour chemicals syntheses starting from renewable natural material α-pinene includes the explored reaction of verbenol hydrogenation into verbanol under mild conditions over Pd/C catalyst. The possibility of verbanol stereoisomers preparation with controlled isomer distribution that defines a practical use of scheme as a whole is considered. The effects of the hydrogen pressure, temperature and catalyst content on the isomers re-proportioning in the course of verbenol hydrogenation are studied. The main factors permitting the hydrogenation process to direct to the definite verbanol isomers production were found to be hydrogen pressure and reaction temperature. Isoverbanol/neoiso verbanol ratio increases with hydrogen pressure growth from 2 to 11 bar and temperature decrease from 50 to 90 °C.