Patent ID: 9102640
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B01D,B01F,B01J,C07D,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A process for the manufacture of an epoxide, comprising: forming an aqueous phase comprising a water-soluble catalyst and oxidant in a reactor; providing a terminal olefin having a water solubility ranging from 0.01 g/L to 100 g/L in an amount sufficient to form an organic phase at a volumetric ratio of the aqueous phase to the organic phase from 10:1 to 1:5; dispersing the organic phase into aqueous phase to form organic phase droplets having an average size less than 3 mm in the aqueous phase; reacting the terminal olefin with the oxidant in the presence of water-soluble catalyst; and separating the organic phase from the aqueous phase, wherein the separated aqueous phase comprises the water-soluble catalyst.