Process for reacting an organic compound in the presence of a ruthenium catalyst formed in situ

US5902916A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Thomas Ruhl · Bischofswerda, DE
• Boris Breitscheidel · Fulda, DE
• Franz Josef Brocker · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Wolfgang Reif · Bischofswerda, DE
• Jochem Henkelmann · Mannheim, DE
• Karl Heinz Brauch · Lampertheim, DE
• Andreas Henne · Neustadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 1997
• Grant date: May 11, 1999
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/584
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for reacting an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a homogeneous ruthenium compound or a mixture of two or more thereof deposited in situ on a support.