| abstract |
There is provided a process for producing 3,3,3-trifluoropropionaldehyde, including the step of hydrolyzing a benzyl vinyl ether of the formula [1] in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of Arrhenius acids and Lewis acids, n [Chem. 17] n nwhere R represents phenyl or phenyl having a substituent R 1 selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, alkoxy groups, halogen atoms, nitro groups and amino groups. |