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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Immenkeppel, Bonn, DE;
Roland Kleinstuck, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Hans-Dieter Block, Leverkusen, DE;
Hermann Sicius, Dusseldorf, DE;
Peter Schmidt, Leverkusen, DE;
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562 24 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for eliminating 1-phosphono-1-carboxycyclopentan-3-one (ketone) from, or reducing its content in, an aqueous solution of 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid, characterized in that the solution is adjusted to a pH value of > 6 using an aqueous inorganic base, particularly sodium hydroxide, and aqueous bleaching liquor is subsequently added in a molar ratio of NaOCl to ketone of >5:1.