Patent ID: 7199250
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: C07D

Abstract:
1. A method of processing an initial compound having a formula (A) wherein R 1 comprises a saturated or unsaturated, branched or un-branched group containing two or three carbon atoms, and wherein Z and X independently comprise one or more of C, H, O, N, S, a halide, and a counter-ion, the method comprising: providing the initial compound; converting at least a portion of the initial compound to a second compound having a formula the converting comprising one or both of thermal and catalytic processing; reacting the second compound with an alkylating agent to form a derivative having a formula wherein R 2 comprises an alkyl group, the derivative being present in a mixture comprising one or more additional components selected from the group consisting of the initial compound of formula A, the second compound, solvent, the alkylating agent, byproducts, and fermentation broth components; and performing a purification to remove at least some of the one or more additional components.