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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
Dirk Michiel Boele, Amsterdam, NL;
Henricus Petrus Bernardus Duijghuisen, Amsterdam, NL;
Eugene Marie Godfried Andre Van Kruchten, Amsterdam, NL;
Jan Hermen Hendrik Meurs, Amsterdam, NL;
Dirk Michiel Boele, Amsterdam, NL;
Henricus Petrus Bernardus Duijghuisen, Amsterdam, NL;
Eugene Marie Godfried Andre Van Kruchten, Amsterdam, NL;
Jan Hermen Hendrik Meurs, Amsterdam, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for the conversion of an alkylene oxide to the corresponding alkylene glycol in the presence of carbon dioxide, water and a catalytic composition comprising a mixture of an organic base present in an amount in the range of from 10 to 90 mol % (based on the mixture) and a salt of the organic base and a hydrogen halide the salt being present in an amount in the range of from 10 to 90 mol % (based on the mixture), wherein the organic base comprises a carbon-based compound comprising one or more nitrogen atoms with at least one free electron pair and/or one or more phosphorous atoms with at least one free electron pair, and has a pKa high enough that it is capable of binding carbon dioxide under the reaction conditions.