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Vinylation reaction

US4410726A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 12, 1981
Grant dateOct 18, 1983
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01J2231/323
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to an improved method for the vinylation of pyrrolidone with acetylene in the presence of an alkali metal salt of said pyrrolidone as a catalyst, by the addition of between about 0.2 and about 8 weight-%, based on total feed, of a polyoxyalkylene glycol; a polyoxyalkylene phenol, optionally substituted with an alkyl group; a polyoxyalkylene ether or mixtures thereof; said polyoxyalkylene compound having a number average molecular weight of between about 175 and 2,000 and containing between 4 and 40 oxyethylene and/or oxypropylene units. The invention also pertains to a novel coacting catalyst composition for use in vinylation reactions comprising said alkali metal salt of said pyrrolidone in admixture with said polyoxyalkylene compound.

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