Process for the oxidation of alcohols using homogeneously soluble polymer-enlarged nitrogen compounds as the catalyst

US6451943B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Degussa AG · DE

Inventors

• Olaf Burkhardt · Kalmthout, BE
• Jens Woeltinger · Hanau, DE
• Andreas Karau · Hamburg, DE
• Jean-Louis Philippe · Dreieich, DE
• Hans Henniges · Bonn, DE
• Andreas Bommarius · Frankfurt, DE
• Hans-Peter Krimmer · Burgkirchen an der Alz, DE
• Karlheinz Drauz · Alzenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2002
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F2810/50
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for the oxidation of alcohols using an oxidation agent and catalytic amounts of homogeneously soluble polymer-enlarged nitroxyl derivatives that are obtained by copolymerization of a mixture containing a compound (I)