Abstract: In a novel process for the synthesis of cinnamic esters or substituted cinnamic esters, carboxylic esters are reacted, by condensation, with benzaldehyde or substituted benzaldehydes, respectively, in the presence of a solid with basic properties.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 5, 2001
Date of Patent:
March 11, 2003
Assignee:
Haarmann & Reimber GmbH
Inventors:
Walter Kuhn, Gerhard Braun, Stephan Klein