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US 2010/0305339 A1Published application
Method for producing lactones from diols
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsRolf Pinkos, Daniel Breuninger
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Abstract
The present invention provides a process for preparing lactones from optionally substituted, saturated aliphatic diols having from five to 20 carbon atoms between the two ring-closing hydroxyl groups by catalytic dehydrogenation and cyclization in the liquid phase over at least one catalyst.
Claims18
A process for preparing lactones, comprising catalytically dehydrogenating and cyclizing in the liquid phase over at least one catalyst, optionally substituted, saturated aliphatic diols, wherein said diols have from five to 20 carbon atoms between the two ring-closing hydroxyl groups.
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