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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward R Freiter, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2605 / ; 2605 / ; 260595 ;
Abstract
Alpha-diketones, such as 1-phenyl-1,2-propanedione and 1-propyl-1,2-butanedione, are prepared by reacting an acylmethyl ester of a carboxylic acid (e.g., benzoylmethyl acetate or butanoylmethyl propionate) with an aldehyde, such as formaldehyde or acetaldehyde, in the presence of an acid catalyst and water. Such alpha-diketones are also obtained by first refluxing a mixture of an alpha-haloketone and a carboxyl anion source and then reacting the mixture with an aldehyde in the presence of an acid catalyst and water.