Heard the latest abouf Terpenes? Becco has epoxidized them! More than five years of research on epoxidation have produced some interesting new products. Dipentene Monoxide and a-Pinene Oxide are now out of the laboratory and available, even in drum quantities. Becco Dipentene Monoxide combines the reactivity of an epoxy group with that of an olefinic double bond in a cyclic terpene molecule. This compound undergoes the usual reactions of the epoxy group and the external double bond in a terpene molecule. Becco a-Pinene Oxide combines the reactivity of an epoxy group with that of the bicyclic system of aPinene causing it to undergo some unusual reactions. It does not undergo the ring-opening reaction of an epoxide but rearranges in the presence of acid. In water solution, sobrerol is the main product; in anhydrous media, it is campholenic aldehyde. These terpene oxides have many potential uses as intermediates in the manufacture of perfumes, flavors,
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