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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rolf Fischer, Heidelberg, DE;
Norbert Goetz, Worms, DE;
Thomas Kuekenhoehner, Boehl-Iggelheim, DE;
Harald Rust, Neustadt, DE;
Werner Schnurr, Herxheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549425 ;
Abstract
A process for purifying esters of tetrahydropyran-4-carboxylic acid of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 to R.sup.3 are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each additionally hydrogen, from mixtures produced in the reaction of butyrolactones of the formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the abovementioned meanings, and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1-6 carbons or acyl of the formula --CO--R.sup.2, with alcohols of the formula R.sup.1 OH in the presence of oxide catalysts, by distillation, which entails