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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1995
Marc Heider, Neustadt, DE;
Thomas Ruhl, Frankenthal, DE;
Herbert Helfert, Frankenthal, DE;
Martin Schmidt-Radde, Beindersheim, DE;
Jochem Henkelmann, Mannheim, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The preparation of monovinyl ethers of the general formula I ##STR1## in which A stands for a chemical bond or for a methylene or ethylene group, the radicals R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently stand for hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl groups or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form a C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 alkylene bridging member, by the reaction of a diol of the general formula II ##STR2## in which the variables have the above meanings, with acetylene in the presence of a base, in which the reaction is carried out at 150.degree.-250.degree. C. under an acetylene partial pressure of 5-25 bar until 40-80% of the diol has been converted, at which point the reaction is stopped and the monovinyl ether of the formula I is isolated.