US Patent Issued to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL on May 27 for "Methods of producing 7-methyl-3-methylene-7-octenal acetal compounds" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,310, issued on May 27, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO LTD. (Tokyo).

"Methods of producing 7-methyl-3-methylene-7-octenal acetal compounds" was invented by Takeshi Kinsho (Niigata, Japan), Akihiro Baba (Niigata, Japan), Yusuke Nagae (Niigata, Japan) and Tomohiro Watanabe (Niigata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing 7-methyl-3-methylene-7-octenal of Formula (2) is provided and includes a step of hydrolyzing a 7-methyl-3-methylene-7-octenal acetal compound of General Formula (1):wherein R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, are each analkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or are bonded to each ...