Process for the production of 3-substituted-2,5-dioxo-tetrahydrofuran

摘要

Process for the production of 3-substituted-2,5-dioxo-tetrahydrofuran which involves converting diketene or a substituted diketene in the presence of a catalytic quantity of a carbonyl complex or of a mixture of two carbonyl complexes of metals of the VIIIth group with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at an elevated temperature and an elevated pressure.