| 摘要 |
A process for the manufacture of (all-rac)-alpha-tocopherol comprises submitting isolated, purified phytyltrimethylhydroquinone to acid catalysis, thereby promoting ring closure to (all-rac)-alpha-t-tocopherol. The process can be conducted in the absence or presence of an added solvent, and when a solvent or solvent mixture is used the solvent or at least one solvent component of the solvent mixture is preferably one with a dipole moment greater than 9x10-30 C-m (or 2.7D). The nature of the catalyst is immaterial, but the catalyst is preferably sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, a polyperfluoroalkylenesulphonic acid, a "NH-acid", a heteropoly acid, zinc chloride, boron trifluoride, aluminium trichloride, or a mixture of any f the aforementioned Brönsted acids with any of the aforementioned Lewis acids. The product of the process is the most active an industrially most important member of the vitamin E group.
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