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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1978
Filed:
May. 19, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert Scholz, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Guenther Gotsmann, Frankenthal, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562531 ;
Abstract
Alkali metal salts of arabonic acid are manufactured by oxidizing D-hexoses in the presence of alkali metal compounds under specific conditions in respect of temperature, pressure, reaction time, sequence of addition of the individual reactants and mixing. The alkali metal salts of arabonic acid which may be manufactured by the process of the invention are valuable starting materials for the manufacture of vitamins, electro-coating assistants, crop protection agents and metal complexing agents.