Patent ID: 8404905
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: C07C,C07D

Abstract:
1. A composition of a glycerin chlorohydrin, an ester of a glycerin chlorohydrin, or a mixture thereof, comprising a reaction product of a glycerin, an ester of glycerin, or a mixture thereof with a source of hydrogen chloride, in the presence of a catalyst to produce a glycerin chlorohydrin, an ester of a glycerin chlorohydrin, or a mixture thereof, wherein said reaction product, before subjecting said reaction product to a purification treatment, having a combined concentration of volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon by-products and chloroacetone of from about 0.01 ppm to about 2000 ppm throughout any stage of the said reaction process; wherein the catalyst has from 1 to about 60 carbon atoms and wherein the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid, an anhydride, an acid chloride, an ester, a lactone, a lactam, an amide, a metal organic compound, a metal salt, a compound convertible to a carboxylic acid under the conditions of the process, and a combination thereof; wherein the hydrogen chloride source is at least 50 mole % hydrogen chloride.