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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1984

Filed:

Oct. 29, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:

James E Lyons, Wallingford, PA (US);

Assignee:

Sun Tech, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549302 ; 549307 ; 549311 ; 549325 ; 560-1 ; 560106 ; 560122 ; 560265 ;
Abstract

The rate of selective hydrogenation of carboxylic acid anhydrides to esters or lactones in the presence of a ruthenium organophosphorous catalyst which contains or liberates a hydrogen halide during the hydrogenation, is improved by providing in the reaction medium prior to or during the hydrogenation a basic amino compound to remove the hydrogen halide.


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