Patent ID: 6310223
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B01J,C07D

Abstract:
Process for the manufacture of 1,2-epoxybutane (BO) which comprises hydrogenating an 3,4-epoxy-1-butene in the presence of a catalyst comprising rhodium deposited on a catalyst support material selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxides, charcoal, pumice, magnesia, zirconia, kieselguhr, fuller's earth, silicon carbide, porous agglomerates comprising silicon and/or silicon carbide, silica and artificial and natural ceramics containing micropores which constitute less than about 50% of the total surface area of the support material and mesopores and macropores which constitute about 50 to 90% of the total surface area of the support material wherein the micropores are blocked with one or more inorganic oxides.