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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfons Dorlars, Leverkusen, DE;
Heinz U Blank, Odenthal, DE;
Herbert Nordt, deceased, late of Leverkusen, DE;
Viktor Trescher, Leverkusen, DE;
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562495 ; 562434 ; 562478 ; 562492 ; 549434 ;
Abstract
In the preparation of a cinnamic acid by reacting the corresponding benzaldehyde with ketene in the presence of a catalyst, the improvement which comprises using as the catalyst an iron and/or zinc salt of a mono- or di-carboxylic acid with 2 to 20 carbon atoms containing free carboxylic acid and/or anhydride, and then splitting the reaction product in the temperature range from 100.degree. to 250.degree. C. with an acid or basic catalyst.