Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt
Process for producing .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated aldehyde
 The present invention provides a novel process for producing .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated aldehydes including industrial important fragrances such as citral and sinensal, starting materials for preparing pharmaceutical drugs such as senecioaldehyde, farnesal, 8-acetoxy-2,6-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal and the like, directly and in high yield, from formic acid esters of allylic alcohols in the presence of a catalytic amount of aluminum alkoxide by the oxidation of the corresponding alehyde. 
Kuraray Company, Ltd.
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Toshiki Takashi Kazuo Shigeaki
Mori Onishi Yamamoto Suzuki