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Method for producing acrolein and/or acrylic acid

US7321058B2 · kind B2 · utility

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38Claims

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Otto Machhammer · Mannheim, DE
Christoph Adami · Weinheim, DE
Claus Hechler · Mannheim, DE
Peter Zehner · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 13, 2001
Grant date	Jan 22, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 13, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/52
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Acrolein and/or acrylic acid are prepared from propane and/or propene by a process comprising the following steps: (a) separation of propane and/or propene from a propane- and/or propene-containing gas mixture by absorption in an absorbent, (b) separation of the propane and/or propene from the absorbent to give a gas B and (c) use of the gas B obtained in stage (b) for an oxidation of propane and/or propene to acrolein and/or acrylic acid, no heterogeneously catalyzed dehydrogenation of propane without supply of oxygen being carried out between steps (b) and (c).

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