US Patent Issued to Shin-Etsu Chemical on Sept. 16 for "Vinylether compounds and processes for preparing aldehyde compounds and a carboxylate compound therefrom" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,769, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vinylether compounds and processes for preparing aldehyde compounds and a carboxylate compound therefrom" was invented by Takeru Watanabe (Joetsu, Japan) and Takeshi Kinsho (Joetsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a vinylether compound of the following general formula (1), wherein R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, and the wavy line represents the E-form, the Z-form, or a mixture thereof. The present invention further provides a process for preparing 2,3,4,4-tetramethyl-1-cyclopent...