Patent · US Expired

Preparation of acetaldehyde

US5679870A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
1References
9Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 21, 1996
Grant dateOct 21, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 21, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C45/00
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a process for the preparation of acetaldehyde by the hydrogenation of ketene in the presence of a transition metal hydrogenation catalyst.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.