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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shin-ichi Sato, Kitakyusyu, JP;
Kiyoji Kuma, Kitakyusyu, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
564224 ; 564215 ;
Abstract
An improved process for producing N-(.alpha.-alkoxyethyl)formamide by reacting formamide with acetaldehyde in the presence of a basic catalyst, thereby giving N-(.alpha.-hydroxyethyl)formamide, and reacting it with a primary or secondary alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst, thereby giving N-(.alpha.-alkoxyethyl)formamide, characterized in that the basic catalyst is alkali metal bicarbonate or alkali metal hydrogenphosphate.