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US 4,358,622 AGranted
Preparation of methacrolein and methacrylonitrile from tert-butyl alkanoates
AssigneeRohm and Haas Company
InventorsJoseph W. Nemec, Michael S. Cholod
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process of the conversion of tert-butyl alkanoates to methacrolein or methacrylonitrile, and more particularly to a process for the conversion of tert-butyl acetate to methacrolein or methacrylonitrile.
Claims5
A process for preparing methacrolein which comprises the vapor phase catalytic oxidation of tert-butyl alkanoate in the presence of molecular oxygen at a temperature in the range of from about 200.degree. to 600.degree. C.
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