Method for producing 1,2-pentanediol

US8921617B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SYMRISE AG · DE

Inventors

• Oskar Koch · Oebisfelde, DE
• Angela Köckritz · Berlin, DE
• Michael Kant · Berlin, DE
• Andreas Martin · Salzburg, AT
• Axel Schöning · Holzminden, DE
• Udo Armbruster · Rostock, DE
• Michael Bartoszek · Berlin, DE
• Sigrid Evert · Zossen, DE
• Brigitte Lange · Berlin, DE
• Regina Bienert · Rostock, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 9, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 30, 2014
• Expiry date: May 9, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C29/80
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of 1,2-pentanediol by reaction of a starting material comprising one or both compounds from the group consisting of furfuryl alcohol and furfural with hydrogen in the presence of a first heterogeneous catalyst is described.