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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568486 ;
Abstract
Citral (I) ##STR1## is prepared by heating an acetal (IIa) or (IIb) ##STR2## in the presence of an acid catalyst while continuously distilling from the reaction mixture the 3-methylbut-2-en-1-ol (III, prenol) eliminated during the reaction.