Basf Se Corporation

Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Basf Akteingesellschaft

Markus Weber

Joaquim Henrique Teles

Ulrich Mueller

Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu

Dominic Riedel

Daniel Urbanczyk

Christian Mueller

Nicolai Tonio Woerz

Bianca Seelig

Philip Kampe

Werner J Witzl

Eckhard Ströfer

Hans-Juergen Luetzel

Eckhard Stroefer

Ekkehard Schwab

Ulrich Müller

Ulrike Wegerle

Meinolf Weidenbach

Heiner Schelling

Peter Resch

Gerhard Olbert

Alexander Weck

Robert Bayer

Carsten Knoesche

Joachim Thiel

Andreas Woelfert

Bernd Sachweh

Jochen Steiner

Joachim Pfeffinger

Regina Benfer

Hans-Josef Sterzel

Peter Bassler

Yan Li

Klaus Harth

Christian Walsdorff

Bernd Rumpf

Kerem Bay

Georg Uhl

Christian Bartosch

Grigorios Kolios

Peter Pfab

Otto Watzenberger

Kai Gumlich

Thorsten Johann

Andreas Wölfert

Marvin Kramp

Bernd Metzen

Alexander Schroeder

Tobias Keller

Karl-Heinz Wostbrock

Steffen Kerth

Karsten Seidel

Bernd Gerber

Holger Baer

Jürgen Amann

Stefan Bunzel

Claudia Moβbacher

Joachim Müller

Heinz Krüger

Vera Werner

Markus Siegert

Neven Lang

Christian Müller

Jan Pablo Josch

Eckhard Str&ouml;fer

Martin Fiene

Richard Jacubinas

Albena Kostova

Ragavendra Prasad Balegedde Ramachandran

Carsten Knösche

Sonja Giesa

Alireza Rezai

Xiana Romani Fernandez

Karsten Luecke

Jochen Götz

Aristides Morillo

Steffen Bütehorn

Jochen Mannweiler

Ruediger Schmitt

Timo Henn

Thomas Luederitz

Harald Wuerz

Alexander SCHRÖDER

Christian MÜLLER

Thomas LÜDERITZ

Nicolai Tonio WÖRZ

Holger BÄR

Claudia MOßBACHER

Use of an acid-treated titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW for preparing a composition having a relative plasticity of less than 1.

Use of an acid treatment to decrease the plasticity of a composition comprising a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW

A process for preparing an extrudable composition comprising a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW, the process comprising providing a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW, having a water absorption capacity of at least 11 weight-%, subjecting the titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW an acid treatment, optionally incorporating zinc in the acid-treated titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW; preparing a composition comprising the titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW obtained from (ii) or (iii), a precursor of a silica binder, water, and a kneading agent, wherein the composition does not comprise a polyethylene oxide.

Process for preparing an extrudable composition comprising a titanium-containing zeolitic material, having framework type MWW

The invention relates to a process for preparing propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a stream comprising propene, propane, hydrogen peroxide or a source of hydrogen peroxide, water, and an organic solvent; (ii) passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation zone comprising an epoxidation catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation zone, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising propene, propane, propylene oxide, water, and the organic solvent; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation zone, the effluent stream comprising propene, propane, propylene oxide, water, and the organic solvent; (iv) separating propene and propane from the effluent stream by distillation, comprising subjecting the effluent stream to distillation conditions in a distillation unit, obtaining a gaseous stream (S) which is enriched in propene and propane compared to the effluent stream subjected to distillation conditions, and a liquid bottoms stream (S) which is enriched in propylene oxide, water and organic solvent compared to the effluent stream subjected to distillation conditions; (v) separating propane from the stream (S) in a separation zone, comprising subjecting the stream (S) to washing conditions in a scrubber, wherein a solvent mixture comprising organic solvent and water is added as entraining agent, obtaining a bottoms stream (S), which comprises organic solvent, water and at least 70 weight-% of the propene comprised in (S); and a gaseous top stream (S), which comprises at least 5 weight-% of the propane comprised in stream (S).

Propene recovery by scrubbing with a solvent/water mixture

A process for preparing a molding comprising zinc and a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW, comprising (i) providing a molding comprising a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW; (ii) preparing an aqueous suspension comprising a zinc source and the molding comprising a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW prepared in (i); (iii) heating the aqueous suspension prepared in (ii) under autogenous pressure to a temperature of the liquid phase of the aqueous suspension in the range of from 100 to 200&#xb0; C., obtaining an aqueous suspension comprising a molding comprising zinc and a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW; (iv) separating the molding comprising zinc and a titanium-containing zeolitic material having framework type MWW from the liquid phase of the suspension obtained in (iii).

Process for preparing a molding comprising zinc and a titanium-containing zeolite

A process for preparing ethene oxide comprising providing a liquid feed stream comprising ethene, hydrogen peroxide, and a solvent; passing the liquid feed stream into an epoxidation zone comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite comprising zinc and having framework type MWW, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation zone, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising ethene oxide, water, and the solvent; removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation zone, the effluent stream comprising ethene oxide, water and the solvent.

Process for preparing ethene oxide

Disclosed is a process for purifying propylene oxide. A stream Scontaining propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, and an organic compound containing one or more of acetone and propionaldehyde is provided. Propylene oxide is separated from Sby subjecting Sto distillation in a first distillation unit, obtaining a gaseous top stream Senriched in propylene oxide, a liquid bottom stream Senriched in acetonitrile and water, and a side stream Scontaining propylene oxide and enriched in the carbonyl compound; reacting the carbonyl compound in Swith an organic compound containing an amino group to obtain a reaction product; separating propylene oxide from the reaction product in a second distillation unit, obtaining a gaseous top stream Senriched in propylene oxide and a liquid bottoms stream Senriched in the reaction product; and introducing stream Sinto the first distillation unit.

Process for purifying propylene oxide

Disclosed herein is a process for purifying propylene oxide, including the steps of: (i) providing a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, and an organic compound containing a carbonyl group &#x2014;C(&#x2550;O)&#x2014;; and (ii) separating propylene oxide from the stream S0 by subjecting the stream S0 to distillation conditions in a distillation column to obtain a gaseous top stream S1c which is enriched in propylene oxide compared to the stream S0, a liquid bottoms stream S1a which is enriched in acetonitrile and water compared to the stream S0, and a side stream S1b containing propylene oxide which is enriched in the carbonyl compound compared to the stream S0.

A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising a start-up stage and normal run stage, wherein the normal run stage comprises (i) continuously providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, a formate salt, water and optionally propane, wherein in the liquid feed stream, the molar amount of the formate salt relative to the molar amount of hydrogen peroxide at a given point of time during the normal run stage is a(Fo/HO); (ii) continuously passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation zone comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite having framework type MWW, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation zone, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, the formate salt, optionally propene, and optionally propane; (iii) continuously removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation zone, the effluent stream comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least a portion of the formate salt, optionally propene, and optionally propane; wherein the normal run stage is characterized in an average rate of change of a(Fo/HO) of less than 0 h.

Process for the preparation of propylene oxide

The present invention is related to a process for preparing propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide or a source of hydrogen peroxide, water, and an organic solvent; (ii) passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation zone comprising an epoxidation catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation zone, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising propene, propylene oxide, water, and the organic solvent; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation zone, the effluent stream comprising propylene oxide, water, organic solvent, and propene; (iv) separating propene from the effluent stream by distillation, comprising (iv.1) subjecting the effluent stream to distillation conditions in a distillation unit, obtaining a gaseous top stream Senriched in propene compared to the effluent stream subjected to distillation conditions, and a liquid bottoms stream Senriched in propylene oxide, water and organic solvent compared to the effluent stream subjected to distillation conditions; (iv.2) returning a condensed portion of the stream Sto an upper part of the distillation unit.

Process for preparing propylene oxide

A continuous process for preparing propylene oxide proceeds by (a) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in a reaction apparatus in the presence acetonitrile as solvent, obtaining a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least one further component B; (b) separating propylene oxide from S0, obtaining stream S1 containing acetonitrile, water and B; (c) dividing S1 into streams S2 and S3; (d) subjects S3 to vapor-liquid fractionation in a first fractionation unit, obtaining vapor fraction stream S4a being depleted, relative to S3, of at least one of B and obtaining liquid bottoms stream S4b, and subjecting at least part of vapor fraction stream S4a to vapor-liquid fractionation in a second fractionation unit, obtaining vapor fraction stream S4c and liquid bottoms stream S4 being depleted, relative to S4a, of at least one of B; (e) recycling at least a portion of S4 to (a).

Part-stream distillation

A process for the oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butenes to butadiene is disclosed herein, in which the formation of butadiene peroxides from butadiene in the work-up of the product gas mixture from the oxidative dehydrogenation is effectively prevented.

Process for the oxidative dehydrogenation of N-butenes to butadiene

The present invention relates to a process for the regeneration of a catalyst comprising a titanium-containing zeolite, said catalyst having been used in a process for the preparation of an olefin oxide and having phosphate deposited thereon, said process for the regeneration comprising the steps: (a) separating the reaction mixture from the catalyst, (b) washing the catalyst obtained from (a) with liquid aqueous system; (c) optionally drying the catalyst obtained from (b) in a gas stream comprising an inert gas at a temperature of less than 300&#xb0; C.; (d) calcining the catalyst obtained from (c) in a gas stream comprising oxygen at a temperature of at least 300&#xb0; C.

Regeneration of a titanium containing zeolite

A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (a) reacting propene, optionally admixed with propane, with hydrogen peroxide in a reaction apparatus in the presence of acetonitrile as solvent, obtaining a stream Scontaining propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least one further component B, optionally propene and optionally propane, wherein the normal boiling point of the at least one component B is higher than the normal boiling point of acetonitrile and wherein the decadic logarithm of the octanol-water partition coefficient (log K) of the at least one component B is greater than zero; (b) separating propylene oxide from S, obtaining a stream Scontaining acetonitrile, water and the at least one further component B; (c) dividing Sinto two streams Sand S; (d) subjecting Sto a vapor-liquid fractionation in a fractionation unit, obtaining a vapor fraction stream Sbeing depleted of the at least one component B; (e) recycling at least a portion of S, optionally after work-up, to (a).

A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising (i) providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, optionally propane, and at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid wherein the molar ratio of potassium relative to phosphorus in the at least one potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid is in the range of from 0.6 to 1.4; (ii) passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation reactor comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite of structure type MWW comprising zinc, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation reactor, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, the at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid, optionally propene, and optionally propane; (iii) removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation reactor, the effluent stream comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least a portion of the at least one dissolved potassium salt of a phosphorus oxyacid, optionally propene, and optionally propane.

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Markus Weber