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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hansgeorg Ernst, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Henning-Peter Gehrken, Lambsheim, DE;
Joachim Paust, Neuhofen, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549408 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of .alpha.-tocopherol of the formula I ##STR1## by reacting a chroman derivative with a C.sub.14 -Grignard reagent using a di-alkali metal tetrahalocuprate catalyst in a Schlosser-Fouquet reaction, wherein a chroman derivative of the general formula II ##STR2## where Y is a leaving group, especially Br, is used and is reacted, at from -70.degree. to 0.degree. C., first with a solution of about 1 equivalent of a Grignard compound of the general formula III