Method for the direct catalytic oxidation of unsaturated hydrocarbons in gaseous phase

US6548682B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Markus Weisbeck
• Ernst-Ulrich Dorf · Krefeld, DE
• Gerhard Wegener · Mettmann, DE
• Christoph Schild · Leverkusen, DE
• Bernhard Lucke · Berlin, DE
• Herbert Dilcher · Rangsdorf, DE
• Ulrich Schulke · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2003
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/931
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A supported catalyst coated with gold particles is produced. This supported catalyst is used to oxidize unsaturated hydrocarbons in the gas phase with a hydrogen/oxygen mixture.