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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 1/22 (2013.01); C07C 2523/04 (2013.01); C07C 2527/06 (2013.01); C07C 2527/08 (2013.01); C07C 2527/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Olefins may be produced by the reductive dehydroxylation of vicinal polyols and/or their respective esters, in an aqueous reaction medium, under a hydrogen atmosphere, under suitable conditions, and in the presence of a halogen-based, preferably iodine-based, catalyst, wherein a solubility enhancing agent is employed to increase the solubility of the iodine-based catalyst in the aqueous reaction medium.