Patent ID: 9611186
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: C07B,C07C,C07D,C10G,C10L,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method for the preparation of a mixture of alkyl compounds, the method comprising: a) preparing a ketene of the formula I: b) reacting the ketene in a self-addition reaction to form a diketene of the formula II; and wherein: each R each R c) hydrogenating the diketene of the formula II in the presence of a metal catalyst to form the mixture of alkyl compounds comprising 1-butanol, 2-butanol, 2-pentanol, 1-hexanol, 2-hexanol, 2-heptanol, 4-heptanol, 3-methyl cyclohexanol, and 2,6-dimethyl-4-heptanol.