Method of manufacturing alpha-oxocarboxylate and catalyst adopted in the method

• Main Authors: ARITA, YOSHITAKA, SAITO, NOBORU, OHTA, AKIHIKO, HASEBE, REN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.06.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

An alpha -oxocarboxylate is manufactured by vapor-phase oxidation of alpha -oxoaldehyde and/or alpha -hydroxyaldehyde (which may have been formed by vapor-phase oxidation of 1,2-diol) with an alcohol or olefin using oxygen and a catalyst. This method provides an economical and effective route for al...