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Cleavage of dialkoxyalkanes in ionic liquids

US7652171B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev · Duisburg, DE
Karsten Koppe · Marl, DE
Hermann Josef Frohn · Bonn, DE
Peter Barthen · Rheinberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 2007
Grant date	Jan 26, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 25, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07C2601/14
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for the cleavage of dialkoxyalkanes to give corresponding aldehydes or ketones, where the cleavage is carried out in the presence of at least one ionic liquid of the general formula K+A−.

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