Process for the epoxidation of olefinic compounds

US6100412A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Degussa-Huels AG · DE

Inventors

• Georg Thiele · Hanau, DE
• Shane A. Nolan · Atlanta, US
• James S. Brown · Birmingham, US
• Jie Lu · Longbeilingcun, CN
• Brandon C. Eason · Atlanta, US
• Charles A. Eckert · Atlanta, US
• Charles L. Liotta · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 8, 2000
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D303/04
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the production of an epoxide and/or its corresponding vicinal diol by a reaction of an olefinic compound with hydrogen peroxide, wherein the reaction is performed in the presence of a carbon dioxide phase at a temperature and a pressure above the critical point of carbon dioxide.