Oxidation catalyst and process for the production of epoxides from olefines, hydrogen and oxygen using said oxidation catalyst

US6008389A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Georg Heinrich Grosch · Bad Dürkheim, DE
• Ulrich Müller · Neustadt, DE
• Michael Schulz · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Norbert Rieber · Mannheim, DE
• Harald Würz · Maikammer, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 28, 1999
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D301/04
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An oxidation catalyst based on titanium silicalites or vanadium silicalites having a zeolite structure and containing from 0.01 to 30% by weight of one or more noble metals selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, rhenium, gold and silver has been molded by a compacting shaping process. This oxidation catalyst is used for the preparation of epoxides, in particular propylene oxide, from olefins, hydrogen and oxygen.