Method for making an oxirane
US6590112B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 6, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/584
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Continuous process for manufacturing an oxirane, according to which an olefin is reacted at a temperature above 35° C. and for a period of more than 48 hours, with a peroxide compound in the presence of a zeolite-based catalyst and in the presence of a metal salt, in which the catalyst undergoes no regeneration treatment and in which the rate of deactivation of the catalyst, expressed as being a percentage of the conversion of the peroxide compound lost per gram of oxirane produced per gram of zeolite determined after establishing the reaction conditions, i.e. after the consumption of 2.5 mol of peroxide function per gram of zeolite, is less than or equal to 0.15%.
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