Preparation of 1,2-butylene oxide

US5770747A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Peter Lingelbach · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Joachim Roser · Dessel, BE
• Christoph Sigwart · Schriesheim, DE
• Werner Schnurr · Herxheim, DE
• Hans-Jurgen Weyer · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 27, 1996
• Grant date: Jun 23, 1998
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J27/053
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of 1,2-butylene oxide by the catalytic hydrogenation of vinyl oxirane, in which use is made of a palladium catalyst on a support of barium sulfate, zirconium oxide or titanium dioxide or a rhenium-containing supported palladium catalyst.