Method for producing dienes by hydrodimerization

US8722953B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Volker Brehme · Nottuln, DE
• Manfred Neumann · Marl, DE
• Frank Bauer · Wyomissing, US
• Elke Fiebig-Bauer · Iserlohn, DE
• Franz Bauer · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Johanna Elisabeth Bauer · Iserlohn, DE
• Dirk Roettger · Recklinghausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2007
• Grant date: May 13, 2014
• Expiry date: May 28, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2531/22
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for preparing substituted or unsubstituted 1,7-diolefins by hydrodimerizing non-cyclic olefins having at least two conjugated double bonds in the presence of a reducing agent and of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst used is a metal-carbene complex.