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United States Patent 1 Johnson, Jr. 54] 073) (73) Ru bay [51] (52) (58) 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 [1] Patent Number: (45]_Date of Patent: (561 References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 1,985,792 12/1934 2,097,743 11/1937 3,700,746 10/1972 3,700,747 10/1972 3,780,124 12/1973, Primary Examiner—D. E. Gantz Assistant Examiner—A. Pal Sheffield Takacs Takacs Davis Meerwi et a, nnn 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 Drawings 4,551,570 1 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)-

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