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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1993

Filed:

Oct. 21, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Shoji Tani, Nishinomiya, JP;

Kenji Nishio, Otsu, JP;

Kiyoshi Iwahashi, Yamatokoriyama, JP;

Shigeki Hashimoto, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549240 ; 549248 ;
Abstract

This invention provides a process for producing methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride characterized in that maleic anhydride and a C.sub.5 fraction are subjected to Diels-Alder reaction in the presence of a radical polymerization inhibitor and oxygen. According to the process of this invention, formation of gels as byproduct is substantially completely inhibited.


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