Process for producing salicylaldehyde
AssigneeSumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
InventorsTeruo Matsuda, Tetsuo Murata
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Abstract
Salicylaldehydes useful for perfumes, agricultural chemicals, chelating agents and the like are produced in high yield with high selectivity by reacting formaldehyde or its derivative with a corresponding phenol in a solvent using as a catalyst chromium or iron compounds.
Claims5
A process for producing a salicylaldehyde of the formula (I), ##STR12## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyl or hydroxyl group or a halogen atom, which comprises reacting formaldehyde or a formaldehyde liberating compound with a phenol of the formula (II), ##STR13## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are as defined above, in a solvent using as a catalyst at least one member selected from the group consisting of chromium (III) acetylacetonate, chromium formate, chromium acetate, chromium oxalate, chromium adipate, chromium benzoate, chromium bromide, chromium carbonate, chromium nitrate, iron acetylacetonate, iron benzoate and iron salicylate, at a temperature of 150.degree. to 210.degree. C.
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