Process for making menthyl glutarate

Process for making menthyl glutarate

A process for making menthyl glutarate is disclosed. The process comprises reacting excess glutaric acid and menthol to produce a mixture comprising monomenthyl glutarate (MMG) and dimenthyl glutarate (DMG), wherein the weight ratio of glutaric acid to menthol is from 1.0 to 1.6 and the resulting mi...

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Hauptverfasser: SNOW JOE W, ERMAN MARK B
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Sprache:eng
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ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
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METALLURGY
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Zusammenfassung:A process for making menthyl glutarate is disclosed. The process comprises reacting excess glutaric acid and menthol to produce a mixture comprising monomenthyl glutarate (MMG) and dimenthyl glutarate (DMG), wherein the weight ratio of glutaric acid to menthol is from 1.0 to 1.6 and the resulting mixture comprises from 60 to 70 wt. % of MMG and from 30 to 40 wt. % of DMG.