Process for preparing cyclic ketones

US8461392B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Joaquim Henrique Teles · Waldsee, DE
• Wilhelm Ruppel · Mannheim, DE
• Ulrike Wegerle · Worms, DE
• Anton Meier · Birkenheide, DE
• Thomas Genger · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Michael Schelper · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Peter Resch · Hettenleidelheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/582
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing at least one monocyclic ketone having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms by reacting a mixture G1 comprising at least one monocyclic olefin having from 4 to 20 carbon atoms with a mixture G2 comprising at least dinitrogen monoxide, wherein said reaction is performed adiabatically.