Patent ID: 9561996
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: C07C,C08K,C08L,Y10T

Claim:
1. A process for producing keto acid esters, the process comprising: (a) a first step of Friedel crafts reaction of benzoyl chloride with benzene in the presence of an acidic catalyst comprising AlCl (b) a first step reaction of benzoate ester with CO/HCl in a Gatterman-Koch reaction, a second step formation of acid chloride in the presence of SOCl wherein said ROH alcohol comprises a C6 to C13 alcohol derived from the oligomerization of at least one C3-C6 olefin to form an oligomer, followed by hydroformylation and hydrogenation reactions of said oligomer to form said C6 to C13 alcohol.