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Process for the preparation of an olefin oxide

US7973183B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignees

BASF SF · DE
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY · US

Inventors

Hans-Georg Goebbel · Kallstadt, DE
Peter Bassler · Viernheim, DE
Joaquim Henrique Teles · Waldsee, DE
Peter Rudolf · Ludwigshafen, DE
Ulrich Mueller · Hamburg, DE
Anna Forlin · Vigonza, IT
Malte Schulz · Stade, DE
Meinolf Weidenbach · Stade, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2008
Grant date	Jul 5, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 13, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/584
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a continuous process for the preparation of an olefin oxide wherein an olefin is reacted with a hydroperoxidein the presence of a catalyst, and wherein the reaction which is carried out in at least three reactors operated in parallel is controlled by specifically adjusting the catalyst loads in the reactors.

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