US Patent:
20120065413, Mar 15, 2012
Inventors:
Philip Kampe - Lorsch, DE
Peter Resch - Hettenleidelheim, DE
Soo Yin Chin - Mannheim, DE
Peter Bassler - Viernheim, DE
Ulrich Mueller - Neustadt, DE
Goetz-Peter Schindler - Ludwigshafen, DE
Hans-Georg Goebbel - Kallstadt, DE
Joaquim Henrique Teles - Otterstadt, DE
Kai Gumlich - Mannheim, DE
Thomas Grassler - Limburgerhof, DE
Christian Bartosch - Mannheim, DE
Richard Jacubinas - Bloomfield NJ, US
Meinolf Weidenbach - Stade, DE
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company - Midland MI
BASF SE - Ludwigshafen
International Classification:
C07D 301/12
Abstract:
A process for producing propylene oxide comprising reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst to give a mixture (G1) comprising propylene oxide, unreacted propene, and oxygen; separating propylene oxide from mixture (G1) to give a mixture (GII) comprising propene and oxygen; and adding hydrogen to mixture (GII) and reducing the oxygen comprised in mixture (GII) at least partially by reaction with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising copper in elemental and/or oxidic form on a support, wherein copper is present on the support in an amount of 30 to 80 wt.-% based on the whole catalyst and calculated as CuO.