Preparation of alkyl bromides from aqueous hydrobromic acid and olefins

US5866732A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Matthias Eiermann · Schifferstadt, DE
• Klaus Ebel · Lampertheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 1997
• Grant date: Feb 2, 1999
• Expiry date: Aug 22, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C17/08
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Alkyl bromides are prepared from mixtures comprising aqueous hydrobromic acid and olefins in a process in which there is concentration of the aqueous hydrobromic acid present during the reaction.