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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1984
Hideaki Kataoka, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiro Yamada, Fujisawa, JP;
Kuniaki Goto, Tokyo, JP;
Jiro Tsuji, Kamakura, JP;
Nippon Zeon Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones represented by the following general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrocarbon radical, R.sub.2 represents an organic radical bonded through a carbon-carbon bond, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be straight-chained or form a ring in arbitrary combinations, which comprises contacting an alpha-disubstituted-beta-keto acid ester represented by the general formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are as defined, and R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical, with a catalyst consisting essentially of (a) a compound of a platinum-group metal and optionally (b) a monodentate ligand (b).