Preparation of dienes by dehydration of aldehydes

US4560822A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Hoelderich · Bischofswerda, DE
• Franz Merger · Bischofswerda, DE
• Wolf D. Mross · Bischofswerda, DE
• Gerd Fouquet · Neustadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 3, 1985
• Grant date: Dec 24, 1985
• Expiry date: May 3, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2601/16
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Dienes are prepared by dehydration of aldehydes at elevated temperatures by a method in which the dehydration is carried out using a zeolite as a catalyst.