Process for the preparation of alkylene glycols
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsEugene Marie Godfried Andre Van Kruchten, Hendrik Stichter, Johannes Theodorus Gertruda Wijenberg
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Abstract
A process for the conversion of an alkylene oxide to the corresponding alkylene glycol in the presence of a catalytic composition, carbon dioxide and water, wherein the catalytic composition comprises a halide, a metalate and optionally a macrocyclic chelating compound.
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A process for the conversion of an alkylene oxide to the corresponding alkylene glycol in the presence of a catalytic composition, carbon dioxide and water, wherein the catalytic composition comprises a halide, a metalate, and a macrocyclic chelating compound.
A process for the conversion of an alkylene oxide to the corresponding alkylene glycol in the presence of a catalytic composition, carbon dioxide and water, wherein the catalytic composition comprises a halide, a molybdate, and a macrocyclic chelating compound.
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