Method for producing a ketone

US7449606B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Joaquim Henrique Teles · Waldsee, DE
• Beatrice Röβler · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Rolf Pinkos · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Thomas Genger · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Thomas Preiss · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2004
• Grant date: Nov 11, 2008
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2601/20
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing a ketone, in particular cyclododecanone, by reacting cyclododecatriene with dinitrogen monoxide to obtain cyclododecadienone and hydrogenating the resulting cyclododecadienone, in particular to give cyclododecanone.