Process for the production of divalent alcohols

US4094914A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Ruhrchemie Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Walter Rottig
• Hans Tummes · Oberhausen, DE
• Boy Cornils · Dinslaken, DE
• Jurgen Weber · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 1976
• Grant date: Jun 13, 1978
• Expiry date: May 12, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C29/141
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Divalent alcohols are produced by catalytic hydrogenation of a mixture comprising 20 to 40% of the corresponding hydroxyaldehyde and an organic compound. The organic compound is a solvent for and has a lower boiling point than the divalent alcohol.