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US 5,274,145 AGranted
.alpha.-hydroxy-acids, preparation process and the use thereof
AssigneeRhone-Poulenc Rorer S.A.
InventorMichel Gubelmann
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Abstract
The present invention relates to novel .alpha.-hydroxyacids of the general formula (I), to the process of preparing them and to the use thereof as intermediates allowing access to homologous lower aldehydes (such as prenal or citral) by oxidative decarboxylation. ##STR1##
Claims2
A compound of the general formula (I):
- ##STR8## in which n is equal to 1, 2 or 3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.