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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. 23, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Colin H McAteer, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robert D Davis, Sr, Greencastle, IN (US);
Joel R Calvin, Westfield, IN (US);
Assignee:
Reilly Industries, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
546181 ; 546152 ;
Abstract
There are provided processes for preparing quinolines by vapor phase reaction of a substituted or unsubstituted aniline base, formaldehyde and a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 aldehyde wherein the aldehydes:aniline base molar ratio is at least 2:1. More preferred processes of the invention achieve high selectivities and yields of 8-methylquinoline, and high conversions of the aniline base.