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Process for preparing unsaturated alcohol
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, (2008/06/13)
The object of the present invention resides in efficiently providing unsaturated alcohol from an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde. The present invention provides a process for preparing unsaturated alcohol by selectively reducing the aldehyde group of an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde in the presence of a primary or a secondary alcohol having 2 to 8 carbon atoms using an aluminum alcoholate to produce an unsaturated alcohol such as compounds represented by the formula (III). STR1 (wherein R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms) wherein the reaction is carried out with addition of a protonic acid.