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GB376356A - Improvements in the isolation or purification of menthols - Google Patents

Improvements in the isolation or purification of menthols

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GB376356A
GB376356A GB1062131A GB1062131A GB376356A GB 376356 A GB376356 A GB 376356A GB 1062131 A GB1062131 A GB 1062131A GB 1062131 A GB1062131 A GB 1062131A GB 376356 A GB376356 A GB 376356A
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menthol
menthols
neomenthol
orthophosphoric acid
isolation
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Tronox Pigment UK Ltd
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Cristal Pigment UK Ltd
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07CACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
    • C07C35/00Compounds having at least one hydroxy or O-metal group bound to a carbon atom of a ring other than a six-membered aromatic ring
    • C07C35/02Compounds 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
    • C07C35/08Compounds 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
    • C07C35/12Menthol

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  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Organic Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds And Preparation Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

Menthol or one of its stereoisomers is separated from mixtures of menthols with one another or with other substances by treating the mixture with orthophosphoric acid and decomposing the resulting addition product, e.g. by heating it alone or with water, into its constituents. In the treatment of mixtures of menthols, a selective isolation of one of the isomers may result from the use of insufficient phosphoric acid to combine with all the menthols present. The addition compound of the menthol may be purified, or the addition compounds with two or more menthol stereoisomers separated, by fractional distillation, recrystallization, fractional steam distillation, or by further treatment with orthophosphoric acid, and the process may be combined with the purification method described in Specification 297,019, [Class 2 (iii), Dyes &c.]. The process is particularly applicable to the crude mixture of isomeric menthols obtained by hydrogenation of thymol, menthones, menthenols and menthenones or by isomerization of these mixtures--see Specifications 213,991 and 238,314, [both in Class 2 (iii), Dyes &c.]. Examples are given of (1) the isolation of racemic menthol from a mixture thereof with racemic isomenthol obtained from the hydrogenation of piperitone; (2) the separation of neomenthol from a mixture containing it, which has been partially purified by the process of Specification 297,019; (3) the isolation of l-menthol from Japanese peppermint oil, and (4) the purification of the racemic menthol product of (1) by the method of Specification 297,019. The Specification also states that the crude hydrogenation or isomerization products of thymol, menthones, &c. may be treated by one of the processes described in Specification 297,019 to remove the neomenthol and the product treated with orthophosphoric acid to remove isomenthol and any residual neomenthol and yield a purified inactive menthol; or the same crude starting material may first be treated with orthophosphoric acid to remove isomenthol and the product freed from neomenthol by one of the processes described in Specification 297,019. Specification 374,893 also is referred to.
GB1062131A 1931-04-10 1931-04-10 Improvements in the isolation or purification of menthols Expired GB376356A (en)

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3014080A (en) * 1955-04-04 1961-12-19 Glidden Co Preparation of menthenyl and menthanyl compounds
US8785698B2 (en) 2009-02-17 2014-07-22 Nagaoka & Co., Ltd. Methods and apparatus for production of natural L-menthol

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3014080A (en) * 1955-04-04 1961-12-19 Glidden Co Preparation of menthenyl and menthanyl compounds
US8785698B2 (en) 2009-02-17 2014-07-22 Nagaoka & Co., Ltd. Methods and apparatus for production of natural L-menthol

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