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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fritz Graf, Speyer, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
548335 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of 4-methylimidazoles by reacting methylglyoxal with ammonia and an aldehyde in aqueous solution, wherein the reaction is carried out at a pH of above 7 and either the reactants are all brought into contact simultaneously or the aldehyde and the methylglyoxal are added simultaneously to the aqueous ammonia solution.