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Patent Inventor Names
Thomas Schmidt0
Lars Wiebe0
Date of Patent
March 23, 2010
0Patent Application Number
117383380
Date Filed
April 20, 2007
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a lactone. The process comprises the steps of reacting an aldehyde with an organic halide in a carbon chain extension reaction to form an alcohol compound comprising a functional group capable of allowing for carbonylation of said alcohol compound, and then reacting said alcohol compound in a carbonylation reaction to form an hydroxycarboxylic acid; and cyclizing the hydroxycarboxylic acid to produce the lactone.
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