US 7,560,601 B2
	Method for producing 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol
Kenichi Hino, Tokyo (Japan); Kazuyuki Yada, Ibaraki (Japan); and Keisuke Saeki, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Kuraray Co., Ltd., Okayama (Japan)
Appl. No. 12/298,549 PCT Filed Apr. 24, 2007, PCT No. PCT/JP2007/058835 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 27, 2008, PCT Pub. No. WO2007/125909, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 08, 2007.
Claims priority of application No. 2006-125269 (JP), filed on Apr. 28, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2009/0099392 A1, Apr. 16, 2009
Int. Cl. C07C 29/132 (2006.01); C07C 29/151 (2006.01); C07C 29/153 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 568—865  [568/866; 568/867]

1 Claim

1. A method for producing 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol by hydrogenating 2-hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydropyran in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the method is characterized by carrying out the hydrogenation additionally in the presence of a basic compound.