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PROCESS FOR THE ISOMERIZATION OF
LIMONENE TO TERPINOLENE
Inventor: Walter E. Johnson, Jr., Jacksonville,
Fla,
Assignee: SCM Corporation, New York, N.Y.
Appl. No. 691,412
Filed: Jan. 14, 1985
Int, CLs som COTE 5/30
US. CL. ‘585/355; 585/353;
585/377; 585/947
585/355, 377, 353, 378,
585/947
Field of Search
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Primary Examiner—D. E. Gantz
Assistant Examiner—A. Pal
Sheffield
Takacs
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4,551,570
Nov. 5, 1985
1 585/385
585/385
585/355
385/377
585/385
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—R. A. Sturges; T. M. Schmitz
7) ABSTRACT
A process for isomerizing limonene to terpinolene in the
presence of an acidic catalyst and in the presence of a
buffer
8 Claims, No Drawings4,551,570
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PROCESS FOR THE ISOMERIZATION OF
LIMONENE TO TERPINOLENE
‘his invention relates to an isomerization process and 5
more particularly to the isomerization of limonene to
terpinolene.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND
PRIOR ART
Terpinolene, or para-mentha-1,4(8)-