Patent · US Expired

Epoxidation process

US5939569A · kind A · utility

13Cited by
0References
11Claims
0Family size

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 10, 1998
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 10, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D301/06
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for converting an olefin such as propylene to the corresponding epoxide is described wherein the olefin, hydrogen and oxygen are contacted with a catalyst comprised of gold on a zirconium-containing support such as zirconia.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.