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US 4,051,318 AGranted
Process for preparing formate esters of alkyl-substituted aromatic hydroxy compounds
AssigneeMitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
InventorsTakashi Suzuki, Susumu Naito
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Abstract
Formate esters of the general formula HCOOAr wherein Ar is an aromatic hydrocarbon group containing an alkyl substituent are prepared by oxidizing alkyl aromatic aldehydes of the general formula ArCHO wherein Ar is the same as defined above with organic peroxy acids in the presence of hydrogen fluoride.
Claims13
A process for preparing formate esters of the formula
- HCOOAr
- wherein Ar is an aromatic hydrocarbon group containing alkyl aromatic aldehyde of the general formula
- ArCHO
- wherein Ar is the same as defined above, with an organic peroxy acid in the presence of hydrogen fluoride in the presence or absence of a solvent under the conditions that (1) the molar ratio of the organic peroxy acid to the alkyl aromatic aldehyde is 1.0 to 1.5 :
- 1 and (2) the molar ratio of the hydrogen fluoride to all the oxygen-containing compounds is 0.5 to 4.0:
- 1.
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