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US2842576A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Production of acetals

Assignee: BP PLC
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Filing: 1952-12-29
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Granted: 1958-07-08
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Expires: 1972-12-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Habeshaw John
  • 👤 Geach Charles John

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 20:23
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C45/00; C07C45/49; C07C67/00; C07C67/30; C07C67/333; C07C67/343; C07C67/347

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 134 words
IN A PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY AND STABILIZATION OF THE REACTION PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM THE OXO SYNTHESIS REACTION OF AN OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALCOHOLS, ACIDS, ESTERS, KETONES AND NITRILES, TOGETHER WITH CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROGEN IN CONTACT WITH AN ALCOHOL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND A COBALT CATALYST WHEREBY AT LEAST ONE ALDEHYDE AND AT LEAST ONE ACETAL ARE FORMED, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES THEREAFTER REACTING AT LEAST A PART OF THE PRODUCT CONTAINING SAID ALDEHYDE AND SAID ACETAL WITH AN ALCOHOL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL TO CONVERT THE ALDEHYDE COMPLETELY TO ACETAL, AND THEREAFTER SUBJECTING AT LEAST A PART OF THE REACTION PRODUCT TO FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION AND SEPARATION OF AT LEAST ONE ACETAL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 134 words
IN A PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY AND STABILIZATION OF THE REACTION PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM THE OXO SYNTHESIS REACTION OF AN OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALCOHOLS, ACIDS, ESTERS, KETONES AND NITRILES, TOGETHER WITH CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROGEN IN CONTACT WITH AN ALCOHOL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND A COBALT CATALYST WHEREBY AT LEAST ONE ALDEHYDE AND AT LEAST ONE ACETAL ARE FORMED, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES THEREAFTER REACTING AT LEAST A PART OF THE PRODUCT CONTAINING SAID ALDEHYDE AND SAID ACETAL WITH AN ALCOHOL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND DIHYDRIC ALCOHOL TO CONVERT THE ALDEHYDE COMPLETELY TO ACETAL, AND THEREAFTER SUBJECTING AT LEAST A PART OF THE REACTION PRODUCT TO FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION AND SEPARATION OF AT LEAST ONE ACETAL.

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