Hydrolysis of alkyl monohalides

US5969195A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Uwe Stabel · Otterstadt, DE
• Gerhard Fahrbach
• Werner Neumann · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 19, 1999
• Expiry date: May 12, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/52
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for hydrolyzing alkyl monohalides comprises using activated carbon impregnated with alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide in the presence of water and converting the alkyl monohalides virtually quantitatively into the corresponding alcohols. Apparatus for carrying out the process comprises at least one, preferably two, especially three, reactors (2), especially tubular reactors. The process is also particularly useful for preparing alcohols.