Patents Assigned to WE-DEA Aktiengesellschaft für Mineraloel und Chemie
  • Single-stage method for producing &agr;-hydroxy ethers by oxidizing C=C unsaturated compounds with hydroperoxides
    Patent number: 6608230
    Abstract: A single-stage method for producing &agr;-hydroxy ethers by oxidizing olefinic substrates with organic hydroperoxides and opening the resultant oxirane ring by means of monovalent or polyvalent alcohols wherein a molybdenum compound in combination with a compound selected from the group consisting of boron trifluoride, aluminum oxides, 1,8-diazabicyclo-[5.4.0]-undec-7-ene or 1,4-diazabicyclo-[2.2.2]-octane, and mixtures thereof is used as a catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: WE-DEA Aktiengesellschaft für Mineraloel und Chemie
    Inventors: Mark Rüsch gen. Klaas, Siegfried Warwel, Hans-Martin Zillmann, Klaus Kwetkat