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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:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fritz Graf, Speyer, DE;
Heinz Engelbach, Limburgerhof, DE;
Leopold Hupfer, Friedelsheim, DE;
Harald Schultheiss, Frankenthal, DE;
Michael J Sprague, Mannheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568471 ; 568470 ; 568472 ; 568473 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of carbonyl compounds by oxidation of alcohols in the gas phase with a gas containing oxygen in the presence of catalysts containing copper or silver and a phosphorus compound that is volatile under the conditions of the reaction, the ratio of the mass of phosphorus to the mass of the alcohol being less than 0.5 ppm.