SYNTHESIS OF CIVETONE FROM PALM OIL PRODUCTS

Authors
CHOO YM OOI KE OOI IH
Citation
Ym. Choo et al., SYNTHESIS OF CIVETONE FROM PALM OIL PRODUCTS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 71(8), 1994, pp. 911-913
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003021X
Volume
71
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
911 - 913
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-021X(1994)71:8<911:SOCFPO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Metathesis of ethyl oleate, catalyzed by WCl6 and SnMe(4), provided di ethyl 9-octadecenedioate (the desired starting material for the synthe sis of civetone) in 99% yield. Dieckmann condensation of diethyl 9-oct adecenedioate gave 2-ethoxycarbonyl-9-cycloheptadeaenone (63% yield), the hydrolysis-decarboxylation reaction of which yielded civetone (93% ). Identification of all products was by H-1 nuclear magnetic resonanc e, infrared and mass spectroscopic data. This is the first report of t he synthesis of civetone from palm oil-derived products.