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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takafumi Abe, Niigata, JP;
Shinichi Hieda, Niigata, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562599 ; 560212 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing an .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or an .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester from at least one ester selected from .alpha.-hydroxycarboxylic acid ester, .alpha.-alkoxycarboxylic acid ester and .beta.-alkoxycarboxylic acid ester as a starting material by a vapor-phase catalytic reaction in the presence of a crystalline aluminosilicate as a catalyst. According to the process, .alpha., .beta.-unstaturated carboxylic acid and/or an ester thereof can be produced in a mild condition and a high yield.