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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerd Fouquet, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Franz Merger, Frankenthal, DE;
Rolf Platz, Mannheim, DE;
Karl Baer, Weinheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560210 ; 560211 ; 562599 ;
Abstract
Methacrylic acid and methyl methacrylate are manufactured by reacting, respectively, propionic acid and methyl propionate with dimethoxymethane in the presence of catalysts based on phosphates and/or silicates of magnesium, calcium, aluminum, zirconium, thorium and/or titanium, and in the presence of from 0 to 0.5 mole of water per mole of the acetal.