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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
May. 03, 1989
Werner Steck, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Helmut Lermer, Mannheim, DE;
Harald Rust, Neustadt, DE;
Gerhard Fritz, Dannstadt-Schauernheim, DE;
Hardo Siegel, Speyer, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshaften, DE;
Abstract
Hydroxybenzaldehydes of the formula (I) are prepared from a benzaldehyde of the formula (II) or its acetal, in which R.sup.1 in the R.sup.1 O-phenyl ether group is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl or alkylaryl radical, R.sup.2 is H or OH or is identical to R.sup.1 and one or more R.sup.1 O-phenyl ether groups are ortho, meta or para to the aldehyde function, by a process in which a benzaldehyde of the formula (II) or its acetal, in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the abovementioned meanings and one or more R.sup.1 O-phenyl ether groups occupy the abovementioned position with respect to the aldehyde function, is converted into a hydroxybenzaldehyde of the formula (I) in the presence of water over a zeolite as a heterogeneous catalyst. ##STR1## The catalysts used are, in particular, zeolites of the pentasil type.