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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:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Indra Prakash, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Zhi Guo, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
The NutraSweet Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568490 ; 568449 ; 568488 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a method for preparing 3,3-dimethylbutyraldehyde from a tert-butyl cation precursor and vinyl chloride. The tert-butyl cation precursor is contacted with vinyl chloride in the presence of an inorganic acid, and the product is allowed to react with water to form 3,3-dimethylbutyraldehyde.