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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Degussa Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568310 ; 568341 ; 568384 ;
Abstract
The method for the isomerization of oxiranes of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen; R.sub.2 is alkyl or alkylene groups of 3 to 26 carbon atoms or the phenyl group which may also be substituted, and R.sub.4 is hydrogen or alkyl from 1 to 26 carbon atoms and in which the carbon atoms of the epoxy ring can also form components of a cyclic system, wherein as a catalyst there is used alkali iodide and a polyethyleneglycol with an average mol mass of 400 to 10,000 with a boiling point, preferably above the boiling point of the carbonyl compounds that are formed.