Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an olefin oxide from a reaction mixture stream in an epoxidation reactor R, wherein R contains z active reaction tubes T(i) arranged in parallel, z?2, i=1 . . . z, wherein each T(i) comprises a reaction zone Z(i) comprising a heterogeneous epoxidation catalyst, said reaction mixture stream comprising x components C(j), x?3, j=1 . . . x, the process comprising (i) providing m educt streams E(k), m?1, k=1 . . . m, wherein each E(k) exhibits a mass flow rate FE(k) and comprises y components C(j), y=1 . . .

Abstract: A first aspect of the invention relates to a process for separating 1-methoxypropan-2-ol from an aqueous stream comprising 1-methoxypropan-2-ol and 2-methoxypropan-1-ol, wherein the process comprises providing a stream SO comprising 1-methoxypropan-2-ol, 2-methoxypropan-1-ol and water, and having a molar ratio of 1-methoxypropan-2-ol:2-methoxypropan-1-ol in the range of from 1:5 to 5:1; wherein the final stream S5 comprises ?95 weight-% 1-methoxypropan-2-ol based on the total weight of S5. In a second aspect, the invention relates to 1-methoxypropan-2-ol or a mixture of 1-methoxypropan-2-ol and 2-methoxypropan-1-ol obtained or obtainable from the process of the first aspect.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for separating 1-methoxypropan-2-ol in a stream S3 from an aqueous stream comprising 1-methoxypropan-2-ol and 2-methoxypropan-1-ol, wherein the process comprises providing a stream S0 comprising 1-methoxypropan-2-ol, 2-methoxypro-pan-1-ol and water, and having a molar ratio of 1-methoxypropan-2-ol:2-methoxypropan-1-ol in the range of from 1:5 to 5:1. A further aspect of the invention also relates to 1-methoxypropan-2-ol obtained or obtainable from said process, as well as to a mixture of 1-methoxypropan-2-ol and 2-methoxypropan-1-ol, preferably obtained or obtainable from said process, which preferably comprises in the range of from 95 to 100 weight-% 1-methoxypropan-2-ol and ?0.5 weight-% of 2-methoxypropan-1-ol, each based on the total weight of the mixture.

Abstract: The invention relates in a first aspect to a process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising: (i) providing a reaction mixture comprising propylene, water, organic solvent, and hydrogen peroxide; (ii) contacting the reaction mixture provided in (i) in an epoxidation zone with an epoxidation catalyst comprising a zeolitic material having a framework structure comprising Si, O, and Ti, and subjecting the reaction mixture to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation zone, obtaining, in the epoxidation zone, a mixture comprising propylene oxide, water, and organic solvent; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation zone, the effluent stream comprising propylene oxide, water, and organic solvent; wherein the reaction mixture provided in (i) and subjected to (ii) contains in an amount of at most 500 mg per kg hydrogen peroxide comprised in said reaction mixture at least one aliphatic oxygen containing compound having 8 to 10 carbon atoms.