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US 10,550,057 B1Granted
Method of making a dialdeyhde
AssigneeEastman Chemical Company
InventorMatthew Allen Boone
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Abstract
Disclosed is a two-step process to make a dialdehyde. In the process a diepoxide is first hydrolyzed with an alcohol solvent to an intermediate which is then subjected to a double-Pinacol rearrangement to obtain a dialdehyde. The dialdehydes have utility as chemical intermediates, and particular utility in processes to make enol ether compounds which can be used in applications as plasticizers, diluents, wetting agents, coalescing aids and as intermediates in chemical processes.
Claims4
A method for making dialdehydes from diepoxides comprising:
- a) combining an alcohol with a diepoxide in the presence of a base to form a first mixture;
- b) heating said first mixture to form a second mixture;
- c) adding an acid to the second mixture to form a third mixture;
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- d) separating dialdehyde from the third mixture.
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