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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1995
Hans-Juergen Weyer, Mannheim, DE;
Rolf Fischer, Heidelberg, DE;
Franz Merger, Frankenthal, DE;
Juergen Frank, Limburgerhof, DE;
Jochem Henkelmann, Mannheim, DE;
Hardo Siegel, Speyer, DE;
Thomas Ruehl, Frankenthal, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
2-Methyl-1,4-butanediol and 3-methyltetrahydrofuran are prepared by reacting a compound of the general formula I or II ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl and the formyl group of II may also be present as acetal with a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkanol, is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of copper or of a metal of groups 7 to 10 of the Periodical Table of elements or of a compound of these metals.
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