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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
William M Rolfe, Haverhill, GB;
Michael R Thoseby, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549516 ; 549521 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of a glycidyl ether of an alcohol, comprising reacting an alcohol with epichlorohydrin, in substantially the stoichiometric proportions required to produce the 1:1 adduct, in the presence, as catalyst, of a salt of perchloric acid or trifluoromethane sulphonic acid with a metal of Group IIIA of the Periodic Table of Elements (according to the IUPAC 1970 convention); and then dehydrochlorinating the product so obtained.