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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus Gunther, Eppstein, DE;
Gunter Mau, Kelkheim, DE;
Assignee:
Hoeschst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568391 ; 568415 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of acetylketene dialkyl acetals of the formula CH.sub.3 CO--CH.dbd.C(OR.sup.2).sub.2 in which R.sup.2 can be an alkyl radical with 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and also these compounds themselves, providing that R.sup.2 is an alkyl radical with 3 to 12 carbon atoms. In the preparation process an alkyl acetoacetate of the formula CH.sub.3 CO--CH.sub.2 COOR.sup.1 is reacted with a saturated primary or secondary alcohol R.sup.2 OH in the presence of an acid catalyst, in which R.sup.2 has the abovementioned meaning and in which R.sup.2 OH or is higher boiling than R.sup.1 OH.