Preparation of aryl ketones
US5041616A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 1990 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C67/08
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of alkyl aryl ketones, cycloalkyl aryl ketones and diaryl ketones by contacting an aromatic compound with an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic carboxylic acid in the presence of a catalytic amount of an organic sulfonic acid while removing the water of reaction as an azeotrope from the reaction mixture.
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