Process for the preparation of chloroprene

US3936508A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Rupert Wenzel · Leverkusen, DE
• Gerhard Scharfe · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 1974
• Grant date: Feb 3, 1976
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 1994

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C17/25
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for producing chloroprene from 3,4-dichlorobutene-1 and sodium hydroxide solution wherein a dehydrated mixture of n-butanol and aqueous sodium hydroxide solution is reacted with 3,4-dichlorobutene-1 to form chloroprene and solid sodium chloride.