Preparation of 1,2-butylene oxide

US5869707A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Christoph Sigwart · Schriesheim, DE
• Franz Josef Brocker · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Rolf Fischer · Heidelberg, DE
• Peter Lingelbach · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 1996
• Grant date: Feb 9, 1999
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J23/52
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing 1,2-butylene oxide by catalytic hydrogenation of vinyloxirane over a heterogeneous catalyst comprises using a catalyst comprising an element of subgroup I, VII or VIII of the periodic table, or mixtures of a plurality of these elements, in the presence or absence of one or more promoter elements, these elements and promoters having been applied by means of a vacuum vapor deposition technique to a support of metal foil or metal wire fabric.