Process for the preparation of vicinal diols and/or epoxides
AssigneeSolvay Interox Limited
InventorsSiegfried Warwel, Mark R. Klaas, Michael Sojka
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Abstract
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of vicinal diols and/or epoxides by the oxidation of olefinically-unsaturated compounds with the use of an inorganic heptavalent rhenium compound as catalyst and of hydrogen peroxide as oxidation agent, wherein the reaction is carried out in a solvent selected from the group consisting of organic phosphoric acid esters and ethers with a boiling point above 50.degree. C. under atmospheric conditions.
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Process for the preparation of vicinal diols and/or epoxides by the oxidation of olefinically-unsaturated compounds with the use of an inorganic heptavalent rhenium compound as catalyst and of hydrogen peroxide as oxidation agent, wherein the reaction is carried out under atmospheric conditions and a pH of legs than 3 in a solvent selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid esters and saturated ethers with a boiling point above 50.degree. C., wherein said group does not include epoxides.
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