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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert P Kreh, Jessup, MD (US);
Robert M Spotnitz, Catonsville, MD (US);
Assignee:
W. R. Grace & Co., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 / ; 204 78 ; 260385 ; 2603 / ; 568309 ; 568426 ;
Abstract
A process for oxidizing aromatic and alkyl substituted aromatic compounds to carbonyl containing compounds by contacting an aromatic or alkyl aromatic compound with ceric methanesulfonate in an aqueous, weakly acidic solution containing an organic cosolvent which has at least 2 percent solubility in water under reaction conditions and is substantially inert with respect to the acidic, oxidizing conditions.