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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
Tatsuhiko Hayashibara, Kitakanbara-gun, JP;
Junko Sato, Kitakanbara-gun, JP;
Masahiro Torihara, Kitakanbara-gun, JP;
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki, JP;
Abstract
A method for producing a chroman-carboxylic acid is provided, which method includes reacting a dialkylphenol compound, a formaldehyde and an alcohol in the presence of a secondary amine and an acid to give an alkoxymethylated phenol compound (Step 1); reacting the obtained alkoxymethylated phenol compound with an ester having a carbon-carbon double bond at a temperature of not less than 100° C. to give a dialkylchroman carboxylic acid ester (Step 2); hydrolyzing the obtained dialkylchroman carboxylic acid ester to give a dialkylchroman-carboxylic acid (Step 3); and reacting the obtained dialkylchroman-carboxylic acid with an aromatic hydrocarbon in the presence of a Lewis acid (Step 4).