Patent ID: 6600079
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
A process for producing a 5-arylpentanol of formula (2): wherein,R1 represents an aryl group which may be substituted with one or two or more of an alkyl or alkoxy group and has 6 to 12 carbon atoms in total, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl or alkenyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R4 represents R2 defined below when R2 is a monovalent group or represents R2H when R2 is a divalent group, which comprises effecting hydrogenolysis of a pyran compound of formula (1): wherein,R1 and R3 are as defined above, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or alkenyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an alkylidene or alkenylidene group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and a dotted line represents a possible bond and any one of the three bonds represented by dotted lines and solid lines is a double bond, in the presence of one or more catalysts selected from (a) a catalyst carrying two or more elements selected from noble metals in Group VIII in the periodic table and (b) an acid type palladium-supporting catalyst.