Acetic Acid → Lauric Acid

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There is also reported, in Japanese Patent Application (Laid-Open) No. 175951/1989, a process for production of ketone from higher aliphatic carboxylic acid and lower aliphatic carboxylic acid using cerium oxide-on-alumina catalyst. According to the literature, methyl n-undecyl ketone, for example, is produced from lauric acid and acetic acid and the yield is 85%. In the process, however, GHSV (gas phase space velocity) is as low as 171 hr-1 ; consequently, the productivity is low and a large reactor is necessary, which are not advantageous industrially.

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