Process for producing vicinal diols

US4801759A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Siegmeier · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Gu Prescher · Hanau, DE
• Helmut Maurer · Rodenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 1987
• Grant date: Jan 31, 1989
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2601/18
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for the continuous saponification of epoxides with 3-8 carbon atoms at low pressures, preferably atmospheric pressure, and low boiling temperatures with small amounts of water. Yields and selectivities are very high.