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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Atis Vavere, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585606 ;
Abstract
An improved process for the preparation of conjugated dienes, particularly isoprene, from the corresponding aliphatic aldehyde using an acidic dehydration catalyst is disclosed. The present invention embraces the surprising discovery that catalyst activity and selectivity, particularly for boron phosphate catalyst, can be substantially prolonged by reducing the aldehyde liquid hourly space velocity to less than about 3.0 hr.sup.-1 and preferably to less than about 1.0 hr.sup.-1.