Rapid hydrolysis of esters
US4251673A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 3, 1979 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 1999 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C29/095
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An organic ester e.g. 1,4-diacetoxybutane is hydrolyzed with an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal hydroxide to a corresponding alcohol, the reaction being rapidly effected by having present a hydroxyl-containing compound. In a preferred embodiment, the hydroxyl-containing compound to be present is the very compound to be produced e.g. 1,4-butanediol is to be produced from 1,4-diacetoxybutane and there is present during the reaction of hydrolysis an earlier produced 1,4-butanediol.
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