Process for the alkoxylation of monools in the presence of metallo-organic framework materials

US7202385B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• BASF SE
• THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN · US

Inventors

• Ulrich Mueller · Hamburg, DE
• Olga Metelkina · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Michael Hesse · Westlake Village, US
• Michael Stoesser · Schifferstadt, DE
• Peter Haas · Brisbane, AU
• Omar M. Yaghi · Los Angeles, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2007
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08G2101/00
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for the alkoxylation of a monool with at least one alkoxylating agent to an alkoxylated alcohol wherein a catalyst is employed which comprises a metallo-organic framework material of metal ions and at least bidentate coordinately bound organic ligands.