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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Werner Spielmann, Kelkheim, DE;
Georg Schaeffer, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562478 ;
Abstract
p-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid is prepared by reduction of p-hydroxymandelic acid with HI in the presence of red phosphorus. According to a preferred embodiment, the reaction is carried out in one vessel in which the mandelic acid is prepared in situ from phenol and glyoxylic acid.