| abstract |
Disclosed are methods for producing perfumes, specifically intermediates for use in epimerized cyclohexenyl ketones. Also disclosed is a method of using an epimerization reaction in an aldol condensation reaction. The process for epimerizing cyclohexenyl ketone comprises epimerizable cyclohexenyl ketone comprising a metal hydride, preferably a hydride of a Group 1 or 2 metal, more preferably LiH, NaH, KH, CaH2 and mixtures thereof. Reacting with a metal hydroxide selected from the group. |