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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce Armin Barner, Alum Creek, WV (US);
Jonathan Joshua Kurland, Charleston, WV (US);
Assignee:
United Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
548472 ; 549 71 ; 562418 ; 562460 ; 562466 ; 562496 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a process for preparing carboxylic acids by oxidizing an aldehyde with a peracid in the presence of an amine and/or amine N-oxide catalyst selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl amine, alkyl amine N-oxide, aromatic amine, aromatic amine N-oxide, heterocyclic amine, heterocyclic amine N-oxide and mixtures thereof, to produce the carboxylic acid. Such carboxylic acids have utility for example as chemical intermediates.