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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1996
Yoshitaka Arita, Suita, JP;
Akihiko Ohta, Suita, JP;
Ren Hasebe, Suita, JP;
Noboru Saito, Takatsuki, JP;
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing .alpha.-oxocarboxylate includes the steps of: (i) carrying out a vapor phase oxidation of 1,2-diol of formula (1) in a primary reaction vessel, (ii) introducing a resulting gaseous .alpha.-oxoaldehyde and/or .alpha.-hydroxyaldehyde in a secondary reaction vessel together with alcohol or olefin which is converted into a gas form in a vaporizing chamber, and (iii) carrying out an oxidative esterification of the gaseous .alpha.-oxoaldehyde and/or .alpha.-hydroxyaldehyde molecular oxygen in a presence of inorganic oxide containing phosphorus as a catalyst in the secondary reaction vessel, ##STR1## (R is a hydrogen atom or an organic residue). The described method permits .alpha.-oxocarboxylate to be manufactured economically and effectively in practically one step using inexpensive 1,2-diol such as ethylene glycol or propylene glycol.