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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter Boell, Dannstadt-Schauernheim, DE;
Horst Koenig, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
546301 ; 546302 ; 546303 ;
Abstract
An industrially advantageous process for the manufacture of vitamin B6 (pyridoxin) from 2-methyl-3-hydroxy-4,5-bis-(halomethyl)-pyridine, wherein the starting compound is first converted in the conventional manner to the corresponding pure acetoxy compound which is reacted with an alkali metal acetate, alkaline earth metal acetate or tertiary ammonium acetate to give pyridoxin triacetate, from which pyridoxin can be liberated by hydrolysis or trans-esterification.