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US 4,540,838 AGranted
Process for producing chloroprene
AssigneeDenki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakao Iwasaki, Higashi Ito, Seiichi Watanabe
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Abstract
Chloroprene is produced by reacting 3,4-dichlorobutene-1 in an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide in the presence of at least one of furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol preferably at 20.degree. to 70.degree. C.
Claims9
A process for producing chloroprene, comprising:
- reacting 3,4-dichlorobutene-1 with a base in an aqueous solution in the presence of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol at a temperature of 20.degree. to 70.degree. C.
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