Basf Se Corporation

Roman Prochazka

Jochem Henkelmann

Oliver Bey

Stephan Maurer

Jochen Steiner

Gerhard Theis

Peter Wahl

Heiko Urtel

Stefan Bitterlich

Stephan Deuerlein

Frank Heimann

Eckhard Stroefer

Otto Machhammer

Stephan Andreas Schunk

Alois Kindler

Marco Bosch

Veronika Wloka

Martin Bock

Dirk Klingler

Daniel Pfeiffer

Steffen Oehlenschläger

Markus Hölzle

Michael Becker

Julia Leschinski

Markus Schmitt

Albena Kostova

Steffen Tschirschwitz

Mario Emmeluth

Daniela Mirk

Kathrin Wissel-Stoll

Gauthier Luc Maurice Averlant

Jochen Bürkle

Dieter Stützer

Katharina Spuhl

Joni Joni

Michael Schreiber

Daniela Malkowsky

Emmanouil Pantouflas

Daniela Herzberg

Petra Maier

Georg Mehrl

Steffen OEHLENSCHLÄGER

The present invention relates to a process for preparing cyclohexane by isomerizing a hydrocarbon mixture (HM) comprising methylcyclopentane (MCP) in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst is preferably an acidic ionic liquid. The starting material used is a stream (S) which originates from a steamcracking process. The hydrocarbon mixture (HM) obtained from this stream (S) in an apparatus for aromatics removal has a reduced aromatics content compared to stream (S), and (HM) may optionally also be (virtually) free of aromatics. Depending on the type and amount of the aromatics remaining in the hydrocarbon mixture (HM), especially in the case that benzene is present, the isomerization may additionally be preceded by performance of a hydrogenation of (HM). In addition, depending on the presence of other components of (HM), further purification steps may optionally be performed prior to or after the isomerization or hydrogenation. High-purity (on-spec) cyclohexane is preferably isolated from the hydrocarbon mixture (HM) obtained in the isomerization, the specifications being, for example, those applicable to the use of the cyclohexane for the preparation, known to those skilled in the art, of caprolactam.

Process for preparing cyclohexane with starting materials originating from a steamcracking process

The present invention relates to a process for preparing deodorized 1,2-propanediol, to the use of the purified propanediol and to an apparatus for performing the process.

Process for preparing deodorized 1,2-propanediol

The present invention relates to a process for preparing fatty alcohols, in which a stream comprising at least one fatty acid triglyceride is provided and this stream is subjected to a hydrogenation in the presence of a heterogeneous copper catalyst.

Process for producing fatty alcohols by hydrogenation of fatty acid triglycerides on a copper-containing heterogeneous catalyst

The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyisocyanates from natural raw material sources, in which a composition comprising low molecular weight aromatics which comprise at least one hydroxy group or at least one alkoxy group per molecule (oxyaromatics) is produced from a biomass material, these oxyaromatics are converted into the corresponding aromatic amines and, optionally after condensation with formaldehyde, reacted further with phosgene to give compounds comprising isocyanate groups.

Process for preparing polyisocyanates from biomass

Method for producing deodorized 1,2-propanediol

The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1,2-propanediol, in which a glycerol-containing stream, especially a stream obtained on the industrial scale in the production of biodiesel, is subjected to a hydrogenation in an at least three-stage reactor cascade.

Method for producing 1,2-propandiol by hydrogenation in at least three successive reactors

The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1,2-propanediol, in which a glycerol-containing stream, especially a stream obtained on the industrial scale in the production of biodiesel, is subjected to a low pressure hydrogenation.

Method for producing 1,2-propandiol by low-pressure hydrogenation of glycerine

The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1,2-propanediol, in which a glycerol-containing stream, especially a stream obtained on the industrial scale in the production of biodiesel, is subjected to a hydrogenation in a two-stage reactor cascade.

Method for producing 1,2-propandiol by hydrogenating glycerine in a two-step reactor cascade

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Mannheim, Germany

Roman Prochazka