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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1988
Wolfgang Hoelderich, Frankenthal, DE;
Leopold Hupfer, Friedelsheim, DE;
Kurt Schneider, Bad Duerkheim, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
Unsaturated ketones of the formula ##STR1## and saturated ketones of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkylaryl radical which inturn may be substituted, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded, may form a cycloalkane, are prepared by a process in which a 5-methylene-1,3-dioxolanone which is substituted in the 4-position and is of the forumla ##STR3## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the above meanings, (a) for the preparation of an unsaturated ketone, is converted in the presence of a zeolite, of a phosphate having a zeolite structure and/or of B, Ce, Fe, Zr or Sr phosphate as catalysts and (b) for the preparation of a saturated ketone, is converted in the presence of the same catalysts which additionally carry one or more hydrogenation components.