摘要 |
PURPOSE:To obtain the titled compound useful as a raw material of agricultural chemicals, in high yield without using a special apparatus and complicated operations, by using a nitrous acid ester as a cocatalyst in the reaction of an alpha-olefin, an alcohol and oxygen in the presence of a palladium metal catalyst. CONSTITUTION:The titled compound is obtained by the catalytic reaction of an alpha- olefin, an alcohol and oxygen, usually at 20-150 deg.C under atmospheric or positive pressure, using palladium metal or its salts as a catalyst and a nitrous acid ester as a cocatalyst. Said catalyst is favorably used in the range of 0.001-5g, reduced to palladium metal, to 100ml of the raw material alcohols, and the co-catalyst is favorably used in the range of at least 0.05 times, preferably 0.1-5 times the volume of the raw material alcohol. Methyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, decyl nitrite, etc. are useful as the nitrous acid ester. |