Process for preparing 3-oxyalkylpropan-1-ols

US5780687A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Wolfgang Holderich · Bischofswerda, DE
• Marcus Paczkowski · Darmstadt, DE
• Dieter Heinz · Heppenheim, DE
• Thomas Kaiser · Kelkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 1997
• Grant date: Jul 14, 1998
• Expiry date: May 27, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C41/28
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing 3-oxyalkylpropan-l-ols by catalytic hydrogenation of 1,3-dioxanes with catalysts comprising a hydrogenation-active component on an acid support.