Deutsche Gold- Und Silber-scheideanstalt Vormals Roessler

Heinz Kolb

Gerd Schreyer

Axel Kleemann

Wolfgang Heim

Heinz Friedrich

Gerhard Morlock

Rolf Ackermann

Gregor Schuster

Anne Rindfuss

Ludwig-Karl Schworzer

Glycidyl methacrylate is produced by transesterifying methyl methacrylate with glycidol in the presence of a polymerization inhibitor and a transesterification catalyst in which the catalyst is a salt of formula MeX where Me is an alkali metal ion and X is a cyanide, cyanate or thiocyanate ion.

Process for the production of glycidyl methacrylate

Catalysts used in the epoxidation or hydroxylation of water soluble olefinic compound with hydrogenperoxide are recovered by separating the catalyst as a distillation residue, the distillation residue is introduced into an inert material which is in whirling movement, e.g., as a fluidized bed, the organic compounds contained in the distillation residue are burned with oxygen or oxygen containing gases whereupon the catalyst compound separated on the inert whirling material together with the portion of the catalyst compound which accumulates in the solids separator connected at the outlet of the reactor is dissolved in water and the solution obtained again used for epoxidation or hydroxylation.

Process for the recovery of catalysts in the epoxidation and

Very pure carboxylic acid-1-monoglycerides are prepared by reacting a carboxylic acid with glycidol at a temperature of 80.degree. to 200.degree. C. in the presence of a basic alkali metal or alkaline earth metal compound as a catalyst in the presence of an inert solvent which forms a homogeneous solution with the reactants at the reaction temperature.

Process for the production of pure carboxylic acid-1-monoglycerides

Glycide is prepared by reacting allyl alcohol with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a tungsten compound as a catalysts the excess allyl alcohol and the greatest part of the water distilled off, the sump mixture obtained in the distillation is split at 110.degree.-220.degree. C. and 5 to 60 torr in a thin layer evaporator into a volatile portion which is predominantly glycide, high boiling by products and the residual part of the water and a sump portion of glycerine, polyglycerine and catalysts. The volatile liquid portion is broken into glycide, water and high boiling byproducts at 5 to 60 torr in a distillation apparatus directly connected to the thin layer evaporator.

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Heinz Kolb