Process for the manufacture of glyoxylic acid esters

US4340748A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Herbert Baltes · Losheim, DE
• Ernst I. Leupold · Neu-Anspach, DE
• Friedrich Wunder · Flörsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 1980
• Grant date: Jul 20, 1982
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C69/67
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of glyoxylic acid esters by catalytic dehydrogenation of glycolic acid esters in the gaseous phase.