Patent ID: 7126033
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: C07C,C12C

Abstract:
1. A process for isomerizing reactant allyl alcohols of the general formula (I) to product allyl alcohols of the general formula (II) where R1 to R5 are each hydrogen or a mono- or polyunsaturated or saturated C 1 –C 12 -alkyl which may optionally be subtituted, wherein at least one reactant allyl alcohol or mixtures thereof is rearranged in semicontinuous mode to give the corresponding product allyl alcohol, by simultaneously metering in at least one reactant allyl alcohol or mixtures thereof into a catalyst-containing suitable reactor and wherein the catalyst used is one dioxotungsten(VI) complex or a mixture of different dioxotungsten(VI) complexes of the general formula III where L m, n are each the number 1 or 2.