SYNTHESIS OF PINONIC ACID NEW DERIVATIVES

Abstract

The method for synthetising new derivatives of the pinonic acid using, at the key step, the reaction of condensation with epichlorohydrin, has been elaborated. It has been shown that, in the presence of catalytic amount of tetrabutylammonium chloride, the reaction is directed towards the formation of etherchlorohydrin, which, later on, is easily transformed into epoxides as well as chloromethyldiketones with good overall yield.

Keywords

• pinonic acid
• chlorohydrin
• epoxide