Process for preparing an unsaturated alcohol

US10766840B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Miriam BRU ROIG · Heidelberg, DE
• Albert Werner · Bischofswerda, DE
• Bernhard Brunner · Thun, CH
• Wolfgang Siegel · Schifferstadt, DE
• Stephan Maurer · Neustadt, DE
• Ulrich Mueller · Hamburg, DE
• Michael Ludwig Lejkowski · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J29/7088
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing an unsaturated alcohol, preferably 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal, by contacting an alkene, preferably isobutene, with formaldehyde in the presence a condensation catalyst comprising a zeolitic material comprising the framework structure of which comprises a tetravalent element Y other than Si.