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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koei Chemical Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
544410 ;
Abstract
A process for producing a pyrazine compound of the general formula (3): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, which comprises catalytically reacting in a gaseous phase a diamine compound of the general formula: ##STR2## with a diol compound of the general formula: ##STR3## in the presence of a catalyst containing hydrogen-treated silver or a catalyst containing silver and at least one element selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc and lanthanoid elements.