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US 7,402,705 B2Granted
Production of 3- (alkylthio) propanal
AssigneeEvonik Degussa GmbH
InventorsHubert Redlingshofer, Christoph Weckbecker, Klaus Huthmacher, Achim Fischer, Jan-Olaf Barth
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the production of 3-(alkylthio)propanal from glycerol using catalysts.
Claims27
A process of producing a compound of formula (I):
- wherein R represents H or a C1-C3 alkyl,
- comprising reacting:
- (a) glycerol with
- (b) a compound of formula (II):
- R1—SH (II)
- wherein R1 represents H or a C1-C3 alkyl;
- wherein said reaction of glycerol with (b) above is conducted in the presence of a catalyst.
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A process of producing a compound of formula (I):
- wherein R represents methyl,
- comprising reacting:
- (a) glycerol, with
- (b) methyl mercaptan,
- in the presence of a catalyst.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.