Catalytic epoxidation process
US4026908A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 19, 1976 |
| Grant date | May 31, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07D301/12
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new process for the catalytic epoxidation of olefins which comprises reacting an olefin of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which can be the same or different, represent either a hydrogen atom, a straight alkyl radical having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a branched alkyl radical or cycloalkyl radical having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, a hydrocarbon radical having 6 to 12 carbon atoms and containing a phenyl group; or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, or R.sub.3 or R.sub.4 together represent a straight or branched alkylene radical with 3 to 11 carbon atoms, (the radicals R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 can be unsaturated and/or substituted with functional groups which are stable in the reaction medium, such as hydroxy, chloro, fluoro, bromo, iodo, nitro (--NO.sub.2), nitroso (--NO), alkoxy, (--OR') amino (--NH.sub.2), carbonyl (=CO), alkylcarbonyl ##STR2## carboxylic acid (--COOH), carboxylic acid ester (--COOR'), amide or carbamyl (--CONH.sub.2), nitrile or cyano (--CN) groups, etc.), with hydrogen peroxide at a pH of between about 6 and 9 in the presence of a catalytic system containing at least one derivative of mercury and at le…
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