Preparation of highly viscous adducts of butylene oxide with alcohols

US5145948A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Knut Oppenlaender · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Roland Schwen · Friedelsheim, DE
• Richard Baur · Mutterstadt, DE
• Charalampos Gousetis · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Juergen Mohr · Havelsee, DE
• Helmut Mach · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 1991
• Grant date: Sep 8, 1992
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C10N2020/01
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Highly viscous adducts of 1,2-butylene oxide with secondary or primary alcohols are prepared in the presence of an alkali as a catalyst.