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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Freddy Wattimena, Amsterdam, NL;
Hendricus J Heijmen, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568435 ; 568484 ; 568424 ; 568420 ; 2604 / ; 2604651 ;
Abstract
Aldehydes are prepared by hydrogenating a compound of general formula R'COOR, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or an acyl group, or a metal, and R' represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group having at most two alpha-hydrogen atoms, provided it has at most one beta-hydrogen atom, in case it has two alpha-hydrogen atoms, in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least one metal selected from rare earth metals and iron on an alumina-based carrier.