Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of metal compounds of unsaturated, short-chain carboxylic acids. The invention also relates to a method for preparing metal compounds of unsaturated, short-chain carboxylic acids by reaction of said acids with a metal alcoholate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 2, 2004
Date of Patent:
May 17, 2011
Assignee:
Sasol Solvents Germany GmbH
Inventors:
Peter Finmans, Detlef Hoell, Eveline Nickel, Elmar Gramse
Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a process for the production of metal salts of trifluoromethane sulphonic acid by reacting trifluoromethane sulphonic acid with a metal alcoholate and the use thereof as esterification catalyst and/or transesterification catalyst for the production of hydroxycarboxylic acid esters.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2004
Date of Patent:
June 1, 2010
Assignee:
Sasol Solvents Germany GmbH
Inventors:
Peter Finmans, Detlef Hoell, Hans-Jurgen Vossler, Martina Rozek, Michael James Green, Rafael Roggenbuck