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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Stefan Rüdenauer, Weinheim, DE;
Miriam Bru Roig, Heidelberg, DE;
Andreas Ernst, Worms, DE;
Thomas Fenlon, Mannheim, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a macrocyclic diketone compound of the formula (I), which comprises the oxidation of a bicycloolefine compound of the formula (II) with an oxidizing agent, formulae (I) (II) where in formulae (I) and (II) A is (CH)with n being an integer from 2 to 12, where two hydrogen atoms may be replaced by C-C-alkyl, in particular methyl, or two hydrogen atoms, which are bound to adjacent carbon atoms may be replaced by a fused 5- or 6-membered saturated carbocycle; B is (CH)with m being 1 or 2, where 1 or 2 hydrogen atoms may be replaced by C-C-alkyl, in particular methyl.