Storage of 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde and methyl mercaptan

US10633335B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Evonik Operations GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Judith Hierold · Hannover, DE
• Sascha Ceylan · Hanau, DE
• Stephan Rautenberg · Hanau, DE
• Harald Jakob · Hasselroth, DE
• Christian Kaiser · Waldaschaff, DE
• Andrea Kopp · Kleinwallstadt, DE
• Lucas Geist · Neuses, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C323/22
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A compound, which is 1-(1,3-bis(methylthio)propoxy)-3-(methylthio)propan-1-ol, a composition containing the compound, a method for the preparation thereof, a method for preparing 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde by reacting 1-(1,3-bis(methylthio)propoxy)-3-(methylthio)propan-1-ol with acrolein, and also to the use of 1-(1,3-bis(methylthio)propoxy)-3-(methylthio)propan-1-ol or compositions containing the compound for the storage and/or transport of 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde and/or methyl mercaptan.