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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toru Tanaka, Kurashiki, JP;
Kazuo Tanaka, Kurashiki, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549272 ; 549273 ; 549295 ; 549324 ; 549328 ; 562408 ; 562412 ;
Abstract
A process for simultaneously producing a lactone and an aromatic carboxylic acid, which comprises oxidizing a cyclic ketone and an aromatic aldehyde wherein: the cyclic ketone/aromatic aldehyde molar ratio is set at 1.1:1 to 20:1 and the throughput of the aromatic aldehyde per a unit reaction solution volume and a unit time is set at 0.05 to 1.5 mol/1.hour.