Process for preparing divinylarene dioxides

US8716503B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC · US

Inventors

• Gyongyi Gulyas · Lake Jackson, US
• Ashwin R. Bharadwaj · Bengaluru, IN
• Robert J. Wright · Sugar Land, US
• Marty J. Null · Lake Jackson, US
• Eric B. Ripplinger · Lake Jackson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 15, 2010
• Grant date: May 6, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08G59/22
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing a divinylarene dioxide including reacting (a) at least one divinylarene with (b) at least one oxidant in the presence of (c) at least one transition metal complex catalyst, and (d) optionally, in the presence of a solvent, and (e) optionally in the presence of a catalyst modifier under conditions to form a divinylarene dioxide product.