Process for producing (meth)acrylates from glycerol carbonate

US10759732B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Mathieu BLANCHOT · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Uwe Meisenburg · Duisburg, DE
• Steffen Maurer · Dirmstein, DE
• Jochen Petzoldt · Mannheim, DE
• Tobias Hoefener · Düsseldorf, DE
• Boris Breitscheidel · Fulda, DE
• Andrea Misske · Speyer, DE
• Friederike Fleischhaker · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Martin Kaller · Mannheim, DE
• Christoph Fleckenstein · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Ulrik Stengel · Birkenau, DE
• Ritesh Nair · Irvine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 16, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 1, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D317/36
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing an ester of (meth)acrylic acid or a derivative thereof comprises reacting (meth)acrylic acid or a derivative thereof with glycerol carbonate at a reaction temperature of 10 to 150° C. without a solvent in the presence of at least one enzyme catalyzing the esterification reaction.