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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Helmut Springer, Dinslaken, DE;
Frank Winsberg, Duisburg, DE;
Inventors:
Helmut Springer, Dinslaken, DE;
Frank Winsberg, Duisburg, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing aliphatic straight-chain and β-alkyl-branched carboxylic acids by catalytic oxidation of aldehydes by means of oxygen or oxygen-containing gas mixtures. Alkali metal carboxylates or alkaline earth metal carboxylates or a mixture thereof in an amount, calculated as alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, of from 1 mmol each to from 10 mmol each per mole of aldehyde used and also metals or compounds of metals of groups 5 to 11 of the Periodic Table of the Elements in amounts of not more than 5 ppm, based on aldehyde used, are present as catalyst.