Preparation of aromatic aldehydes by the Sommelet reaction

摘要

In a process for the preparation of aromatic monoaldehydes by reacting monochlorinated methylaromatics with hexamethylenetetramine by a Sommelet reaction, the improvement that in place of pure chloromethylaromatics the chlorination mixtures produced by photochlorination of the methylaromatics are employed and are treated with hexamethylenetetramine without prior working up, after which the Sommelet reaction is allowed to take place.