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Process for the preparation of a mixture of alkyl pentenoates

US5693851A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 1996
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C67/38
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process for the preparation of a mixture of alkyl pentenoates by carbonylation of butadiene in the liquid phase in the presence of an alkanol, carbon monoxide, palladium and a bidentate organic phosphorus, antimony or arsenic ligand, the bidentate ligand having as bridging group a bis(.eta.-cyclopentadienyl) coordination group of a transition metal. Preferably the transition metal is iron.

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