METHOD FOR THE SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF VINYL OXIRANE TO BUTYLENE OXIDE

• Main Authors: HARTH, KLAUS, FISCHER, ROLF, SIGWART, CHRISTOPH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 24.01.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

PCT No. PCT/EP96/03799 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 5, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 5, 1998 PCT Filed Aug. 29, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/09321 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 13, 19971,2-Butylene oxide is prepared by catalytic hydrogenation of vinyloxirane over a heterogeneous catalyst produced by depositing one or more catalytically active elements of groups 7 to 11 of the Periodic Table of the Elements from the gas phase onto an inert, nonmetallic support.