Patent ID: 9024048
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B01J,C07D

Abstract:
1. A process for processing a multiphasic system comprising: reacting an olefinically unsaturated compound with an oxidant in the presence of a buffer component and a water-soluble manganese complex disposed in an aqueous phase having a first pH level in a first multiphasic system; adjusting the pH of the aqueous phase to a second pH level less than the first pH level; isolating at least a portion of the aqueous phase from the first multiphasic system and retaining the water-soluble manganese complex in the aqueous phase; adjusting the pH of the at least a portion of the aqueous phase to a third pH level greater than the second pH level; and introducing the at least a portion of the aqueous phase into a second multiphasic system, wherein adjusting the pH of the aqueous phase to the second pH level comprises inactivating the water-soluble manganese complex and wherein adjusting the pH of the at least a portion of the aqueous phase to the third pH level comprises reactivating the water-soluble manganese complex.