Method for synthesizing allyl methacrylate

US8129563B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Evonik Röhm GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bardo Schmitt · Mainz, DE
• Guido Protzmann · Bensheim, DE
• Thorben Schuetz · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
• Harald Trauthwein · Munich, DE
• Reinhold Martin · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
• Joachim Knebel · Zwingenberg, DE
• Ingo Sander · Shanghai, CN
• Klaus Gottmann · Heppenheim, DE
• Thomas Kehr · Heilbad Heiligenstadt, DE
• Dieter Bathen · Duisburg, DE
• Christian Maul · Neustadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 15, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C67/03
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing allyl methacrylate, comprising the reaction of allyl alcohol with an ester of methacrylic acid, wherein the reaction is catalyzed by zirconium acetylacetonate. The process according to the invention enables particularly favorable preparation of allyl methacrylate with a very high purity.