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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joachim W Wolfram, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562406 ; 562517 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of .alpha.-keto-carboxylic acids of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and are hydrogen, hydrocarbyl radicals, substituted hydrocarbyl radicals or hydrocarbyloxy radicals by reacting an acyl halide of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined above and X represents halogen, in a liquid solvent medium, with an alkali metal tetracarbonyl cobaltate complex of the formula: