- Preparation of cyclic ketones
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Cyclic ketones, notably cyclopentanone and 2,2-dimethylcyclopentanone, are simply, economically and efficiently prepared, even on an industrial scale, by decarboxylating/cyclizing a dicarboxylic acid, in liquid phase, in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a metal or compound thereof selected from among boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, tin, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, rubidium, cesium and vanadium.
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