Methods of making organic compounds by metathesis

Title: Methods of making organic compounds by metathesis

Described are methods of making organic compounds by metathesis chemistry. The methods of the invention are particularly useful for making industrially-important organic compounds beginning with starting compositions derived from renewable feedstocks, such as natural oils. The methods make use of a cross-metathesis step with an olefin compound to produce functionalized alkene intermediates having a pre-determined double bond position. Once isolated, the functionalized alkene intermediate can be self-metathesized or cross-metathesized (e.g., with a second functionalized alkene) to produce the desired organic compound or a precursor thereto. The method may be used to make bifunctional organic compounds, such as diacids, diesters, dicarboxylate salts, acid/esters, acid/amines, acid/alcohols, acid/aldehydes, acid/ketones, acid/halides, acid/nitriles, ester/amines, ester/alcohols, ester/aldehydes, ester/ketones, ester/halides, ester/nitriles, and the like.

Inventors:: Abraham, Timothy W.; Kaido, Hiroki; Lee, Choon Woo; Pederson, Richard L.; Schrodi, Yann; Tupy, Michael John

Issue Date:: 2015-09-01

OSTI Identifier:: 1213457

Assignee:: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. (Woodridge, IL) GFO

Patent Number(s):: 9,120,742

Application Number:: 12/422,096

Contract Number:: FG36-04GO14016

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2009 Apr 10

Research Org:: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., Woodridge, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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