Method of producing 1,6-hexane diol from epoxybutadiene

US5952533A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Rolf Fischer · Heidelberg, DE
• Detlef Kratz · Heidelberg, DE
• Rolf Pinkos · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Martin Schäfer · Arnstadt, DE
• Arthur Hohn · Tauberbischofsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 1998
• Grant date: Sep 14, 1999
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C29/172
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

1,6-Hexanediol is prepared by PA0 a) Reacting epoxybutadiene in the presence of a metathesis catalyst with elimination of ethene to give bisepoxyhexatrienes of the formulae Ia and Ib ##STR1## and b) hydrogenating these bisepoxyhexatrienes with hydrogen to give 1,6-hexanediol.