Patent ID: 9024075
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B01J,C07C

Abstract:
1. A process for producing an α-fluoroaldehyde of the general formula [3], comprising: reaction of an α-fluoroester of the general formula [1] with hydrogen gas (H 2 ) in the presence of a ruthenium complex of the general formula [2] where R where R each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aromatic ring group or a substituted aromatic ring group; Ar each independently represents an aromatic ring group or a substituted aromatic ring group; X each independently represents a ligand with a formal charge of −1 or 0 (with the proviso that the sum of the formal charges of three X is −2); and n each independently represents an integer of 1 or 2, where R