Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Dimitrios Mouratidis

Norbert Weferling

Andreas Seidel

Dieter Peters

To produce tert-butyl chloroacetate by addition of chloroacetic acid to isobutene, the reaction is carried out in the absence of catalysts and solvents in a pressure vessel at a temperature of 80.degree. to 110.degree. C. under the pressure which establishes itself of 3 to 12 bar over a period of 1 to 12 hours. After the pressure vessel is cooled, the cooled product mixture is withdrawn and it is worked up by distillation under reduced pressure without prior neutralization.

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Dimitrios Mouratidis