Process for the preparation of alkali metal salts of cyanoacetone

US5481019A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Huels Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Muhr · Munich, DE
• Marcel Feld · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 1994
• Grant date: Jan 2, 1996
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C253/30
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Alkali metal salts of cyanoacetone are prepared by reacting an acetonitrile, an acetic acid ester and an alkali metal alkoxide without distilling off the alcohol formed during the reaction. The reaction products are obtained with high yields and high purity.