Preparation of tetrahydrofuran

US6316640A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Rolf Fischer · Heidelberg, DE
• Shelue Liang · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Rolf Pinkos · Bad Dürkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 15, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/582
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In a process for preparing THF (tetrahydrofuran) by reaction of a 1,4-butanediol-containing reaction mixture over an acid catalyst, the reaction mixture comprises further alcohols different from 1,4-butanediol and is essentially free of water.