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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2016
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Thomas Fenlon, Mannheim, DE;
Stefan Rüdenauer, Weinheim, DE;
Ralf Pelzer, Fürstenberg, DE;
Shrirang Hindalekar, Mumbai, IN;
Vijay Narayanan Swaminathan, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Nitin Gupte, Thane, IN;
Sadanand Ardekar, Kalyan East, IN;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing, 4-bis(ethoxymethyl)cyclohexane, which comprises reacting 1,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane with ethyl chloride in the presence of an inorganic base, a solvent and a phase transfer catalyst to yield a reaction mixture containing 1,4-bis(ethoxymethyl)cyclohexane, where the inorganic base is selected from alkali metal hydroxides and earth alkaline metal hydroxides and where the solvent is selected from water or a mixture of water with at least one organic solvent.