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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
May. 25, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Klaus Gunther, Eppstein/Taunus, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568415 ; 568386 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to acetals of the formula CH.sub.3 --CO--CH.dbd.C(OR).sub.2 where R is --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --OR' where n is 2 or 3 and R' is C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl. In addition, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of acetals of the formula CH.sub.3 --CO--CH.dbd.C(OR).sub.2 where R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl or R is --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --OR' where n is 2 or 3 and R' is C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl. The process comprises reacting diketene with an alcohol of the formula ROH where R has the meaning indicated, in the presence of an acidic catalyst.