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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Hirotsugu Kano, Ibaraki, JP;
Michio Yamamoto, Otsu, JP;
Makoto Yako, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 23/50 (2006.01); C07D 301/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a process for producing an olefin oxide characterized by contacting an olefin and oxygen, in the presence of water and a halogen compound, with a silver catalyst, wherein the silver catalyst is a silver catalyst that is obtainable by contacting metal silver, a silver compound or a mixture of both with an alkaline earth metal carbonate and that has an alkali metal content of 1,500 ppm or less based on the total weight of the silver catalyst.