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Abstract of US
5856581 (A)
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Cyclic ketones, notably
cyclopentanone and 2,2-dimethylcyclopentanone, are
simply, economically and efficiently prepared, even on
an industrial scale, by decarboxylating/cyclizing a
dicarboxylic acid, in liquid phase, in the presence of a
catalytically effective amount of a metal or compound
thereof selected from among boron, aluminum, gallium,
indium, thallium, tin, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum,
rubidium, cesium and vanadium. |
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