The Compound Contains -c(=o)oh Or Salt Thereof Patents (Class 516/913)
  • Patent number: 6593376
    Abstract: A process for preparing amphiphilic compounds having at least two hydrophilic and at least two hydrophobic groups by reacting an olefinic substrate having at least two double bonds with an organic hydroperoxide to form an oxirane ring, opening, the oxirane ring with an alcohol in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a molybdenum compound as a first catalyst component and a second catalyst component selected from the group consisting of boron trifluoride, alumina, 1,8-diazzabicyclo-(5.4.0)-undec-7-ene, 1,4-diazabicyclo-(2,2,2)-octane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: SASOL Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Mark RĂ¼sch gen. Klaas, Klaus Kwetkat, Siegfried Warwel