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Process for the production of alkyl alkoxyacetates

US7772423B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

Fuat E. Celik · Princeton, US
Tae Jin Kim · Palo Alto, US
Alexis T. Bell · Oakland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 23, 2008
Grant date	Aug 10, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07C67/37
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the production of lower alkyl alkoxyacetates, preferably methyl methoxyacetate, by reaction of a di-(lower alkoxy)methane, preferably dimethoxymethane, with the acid form of a medium-pore or large-pore zeolite catalyst, preferably the acid form of faujasite, ZSM-5, mordenite, or beta, in the gas phase at atmospheric or near-atmospheric pressures.

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