Method for producing an epoxide

US7026493B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Joaquim Henrique Teles · Waldsee, DE
• Alwin Rehfinger · Mutterstadt, DE
• Anne Berg · Merksem, BE
• Peter Rudolf · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Norbert Rieber · Mannheim, DE
• Peter Bassler · Viernheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 11, 2006
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D301/32
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An organic compound having at least one C—C double bond is epoxidized by means of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of at least one catalytically active compound and at least one solvent, wherein a product mixture comprising α-hydroperoxyalcohols is reduced using at least one reducing agent. The process advantageously comprises at least the following steps: