Patent · US Expired

Process for the production of alkylene glycols

US4760200A · kind A · utility

11Cited by
8References
9Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1985
Grant dateJul 26, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 31, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C29/106
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The process for the liquid-phase hydration of a vicinal alkylene oxide(s) to the corresponding alkylene glycol(s) comprising carrying out such hydration in an aqueous medium containing a water miscible alkylene glycol ether co-solvent.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.