Patents Assigned to Texaco Dev. Corp.
  • Substituted alkylene oxides from substituted alkylene carbonates
    Patent number: 4265821
    Abstract: Alkyl substituted ethylene carbonates are converted to substituted ethylene oxides by heating the respective carbonates in the presence of a catalyst comprising alkali metal halides or lanthanum iodide. The alkyl substituted ethylene carbonates have the general formula ##STR1## where R is alkyl, aryl, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, alkaryl or aralkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Texaco Dev. Corp.
    Inventors: Edward E. McEntire, Robert M. Gipson