Process for the preparation of methyl 4-oxobutyrate and its methanol addition products

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PATENT NO 5072005
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07071452

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Methyl 4-oxobutyrate and its methanol addition products, methyl 4,4-dimethoxybutyrate and gamma-methoxy-gamma-butyrolactone, which are useful as intermediates in the preparation of such industrially important compounds as gamma-butyrolactone, 1,4-butanediol and glutamic acid, are produced from the reaction of acrolein, carbon monoxide and methanol in the presence of a catalyst system which consists of (a) a Group VIII metal component selected from palladium metal or a palladium-containing composition which generates palladium metal under reaction conditions, (b) a hydrogen halide and (c) an arylarsine catalyst copromoter.

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NATIONAL DISTILLERS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION 99 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK NEW YORK 10016 A CORP OF VIRGINIANot Provided

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baugh, William D Wilmington, OH 8 15
Murib, Jawad H Cincinnati, OH 27 136

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