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Manufacture of gamma-butyrolactones from 1,3-glycols and esters, halides and metadioxanes thereof

US4069232A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 1975
Grant dateJan 17, 1978
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Expiry dateDec 18, 1995

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P20/582
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Gamma-butyrolactones are manufactured from olefins by reacting an olefin with an aldehyde to produce a 1,3-difunctional compound, reacting the 1,3-difunctional compound with carbon monoxide, and thereafter recovering the lactone thus produced.

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