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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1994
Dieter Hermeling, Frankenthal, DE;
Heinz Hannebaum, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Hartwig Voss, Frankenthal, DE;
Andreas Weiper-Idelmann, Mannheim, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
Benzaldehyde dialkyl acetals of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkoxy, halogen, cyano or carboxyalkyl where the alkyl group is of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, n is an integer of from 1 to 3 and the radicals R.sup.2 may be identical or different when n is >1, are prepared by electrochemical oxidation of a substituted toluene compound of the general formula II ##STR2## by a process in which a substituted toluene compound II is oxidized in the presence of an alkanol R.sup.1 --OH and of an auxiliary electrolyte in an electrolysis cell, the reaction solution thus obtained is let down outside the electrolysis cell to a pressure which is from 10 mbar to 10 bar lower than the pressure in the electrolysis cell and