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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. 09, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
James P Coleman, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Richard C Hallcher, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Dudley E McMackins, St. Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560262 ; 260405 ;
Abstract
This disclosure concerns acyloxyhexenoic acids and their salts with the acids being produced by reaction of butadiene and acetic acid with metal salt oxidants in a process involving electrolytic regeneration of the metal oxidants during the reaction. Iosmeric acetoxyhexenoic acids produced can be readily converted to sorbic acid, and antimicrobial and preservative uses for the acids are also disclosed.