The importance of R-(+)-limonene as the raw material for organic syntheses and for organic industry
Journal Title: CHEMIK nauka-technika-rynek - Year 2016, Vol 70, Issue 4
Abstract
The modern technologies which are currently applied in the production of organic compounds are using renewable raw materials for the obtaining of key products for the various branches of industry, including cosmetics or food industry. R-(+)-limonene is a such renewable raw material. R-(+)-limonene has found applications not only in the cosmetic, perfume and food industry, but also in aromatherapy, and in chemical syntheses as a reagent, as a solvent and in the production of polymers. This compound is present in the peels of citrus fruits, which are the waste product from the citrus juice industry. R-(+)-limonene can be obtained from orange peels by a simple distillation or by a steam distillation. A lot of olfactory compounds or biologically active compounds (which are applied in medicine) have the structure similar to R-(+)-limonene structure. It causes that this compound can be applied in their synthesis, very often in very simple one-or two-step reactions. These compounds include: α-terpineol, carvone, carveol, perillyl alcohol, menthol and 1,2-epoxylimonene (the oxidized derivatives of limonene) and formed by the dehydrogenation of limonene – p-cymene. All of these compounds are much more valuable than limonene and are used in perfume and food industry, and also as components of olfactory compositions for flavoring cosmetics, beverages and food.
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W Malkom, A Wróblewska
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