US 7,547,808 B2
Process for producing aldehyde with 2-position branched long-chain alkyl
Haruhito Sato, Chiba (Japan); Takashi Kashiwamura, Chiba (Japan); and Yoshio Ikeda, Chiba (Japan)
Assigned to Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 11/912,895
PCT Filed Jul. 21, 2006, PCT No. PCT/JP2006/314529
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 29, 2007,
PCT Pub. No. WO2007/013379, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 01, 2007.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-214678 (JP), filed on Jul. 25, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2009/0076311 A1, Mar. 19, 2009
Int. Cl. C07C 45/55 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 568—483 5 Claims
 
1. A process for producing an aldehyde with a 2-position branched long-chain alkyl represented by the following general formula (2) comprising: using a 2-position branched epoxide represented by the following general formula (1) as a raw material; and subjecting the epoxide to acid rearrangement reaction with a polyacid of a metallic oxoacid as a catalyst

OG Complex Work Unit Drawing
(In the formulae, n represents an integer of from 5 to 17).