Process for the preparation of an aldehyde
US4605782A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 5, 1985 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C45/41
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An aldehyde is prepared by passing an aromatic carboxylic compound or an aliphatic carboxylic compound having at most one .alpha.-hydrogen atom in the acyl group, in the presence of hydrogen at elevated temperature over a catalyst comprising at least 25% w of iron oxide expressed as Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, calculated on the total catalyst.
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