MUMBAI, India, May 16 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517039622 A) filed by Basf Se, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, on April 24, for 'improved process for the preparation of 3,7-dimethyl-octa-2,6-dienal.'
Inventor(s) include Brunner, Bernhard; Heydrich, Gunnar; Wagner, Rupert; and Kamasz, Martin.
The application for the patent was published on May 16, under issue no. 20/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process for the preparation of 3,7-dimethyl-octa-2,6-dienal (citral) comprises the steps of a) continuously condensing prenol with prenal in the presence of at least one catalyst in a reaction column with water of condensation being distilled off as a pre...