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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:
Aug. 20, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Helmut Gebauer, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Consortium fur elektrochemische Industrie GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562598 ; 203 69 ; 562600 ;
Abstract
A process for producing cis-2-methyl-2-butenoic acid, which process is preferably based on technical 2-methyl-2-butene nitrile and leads to pure products preferably without costly rectification. The technical nitrile is hydrolyzed by concentrated sulfuric acid at temperatures of up to 130.degree. C. and, following dilution of the sulfuric acid to about 50%, at temperatures of up to 130.degree. C. It is treated by distilling and fractional crystallization.