Process for the epoxidation of olefins
AssigneesDegussa AG, Uhde GmbH
InventorsThomas Haas, Willi Hofen, Georg Thiele, Stefan Pilz, Wolfgang Woell
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Abstract
A process for the catalytic epoxidation of olefins with hydrogen peroxide in a multiphase reaction mixture comprising a liquid aqueous hydrogen peroxide rich phase containing an organic solvent having a solubility in water of at least 10% by weight at 25° C. and a liquid organic olefin rich phase.
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A process for the catalytic epoxidation of olefins with hydrogen peroxide in a multiphase reaction mixture comprising reacting a liquid aqueous hydrogen peroxide rich phase containing an organic solvent having a solubility in water of at least 10% by weight at 25° C. and a liquid organic olefin rich phase.
A process for the epoxidation of propene comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a titanium-containing zeolite as catalyst in a multiphase reaction mixture comprising a liquid aqueous hydrogen peroxide rich phase containing methanol and dissolved propene and a liquid organic propene rich phase.
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