Method for producing optically active carbonyl compounds
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsThorsten Johann, Oliver Lober, Eike Bergner, Klaus Ebel, Klaus Harth, Christian Walsdorff
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing optically active aldehydes or ketones which have from 3 to 25 carbon atoms and at least one racemizable stereocenter by catalytic dehydrogenation of the corresponding optically active primary or secondary alcohols in the gas phase in the presence of a catalyst.
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A process for preparing optically active aldehydes or ketones which have from 3 to 25 carbon atoms and at least one racemizable stereocenter by catalytic dehydrogenation of the corresponding optically active primary or secondary alcohols in the gas phase in the presence of a catalyst.
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