Preparation of oxirane compounds with titanasilsesquioxane catalysts
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsMark Crocker, Rudolf Henri Max Herold
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Abstract
A process for the preparation of an oxirane compound by reacting an olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon with an organic hydroperoxide, in the presence of a catalyst comprising a titanasilsesquioxane of the general formula TiLR.sub.7 Si.sub.7 O.sub.12 and the structural formula ##STR1## wherein R is chosen from the group of cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and cycloheptyl and L is chosen from the group of alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, siloxy, amido and OH.
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A process for the preparation of an oxirane compound by reacting an olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon with an organic hydroperoxide, in the presence of a catalyst comprising a titanasilsesquioxane of the general formula TiLR.sub.7 Si.sub.7 O.sub.12 and the structural formula ##STR3## wherein R is chosen from the group of cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and cycloheptyl and L is chosen from the group of alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkylaryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, siloxy, amido and OH.
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