WO2010009021A3 - Process for making ethylene oxide using microchannel process technology - Google Patents

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WO2010009021A3
WO2010009021A3 PCT/US2009/050342 US2009050342W WO2010009021A3 WO 2010009021 A3 WO2010009021 A3 WO 2010009021A3 US 2009050342 W US2009050342 W US 2009050342W WO 2010009021 A3 WO2010009021 A3 WO 2010009021A3
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ethylene oxide
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making ethylene
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Terry Mazanec
Torsten Maurer
Radwan Abdallah
Soumitra Deshmukh
Laura J. Silva
Frank Rosowski
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Velocys Inc.
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    • C07D301/00—Preparation of oxiranes
    • C07D301/02—Synthesis of the oxirane ring
    • C07D301/03—Synthesis of the oxirane ring by oxidation of unsaturated compounds, or of mixtures of unsaturated and saturated compounds
    • C07D301/04—Synthesis of the oxirane ring by oxidation of unsaturated compounds, or of mixtures of unsaturated and saturated compounds with air or molecular oxygen
    • C07D301/08—Synthesis of the oxirane ring by oxidation of unsaturated compounds, or of mixtures of unsaturated and saturated compounds with air or molecular oxygen in the gaseous phase
    • C07D301/10—Synthesis of the oxirane ring by oxidation of unsaturated compounds, or of mixtures of unsaturated and saturated compounds with air or molecular oxygen in the gaseous phase with catalysts containing silver or gold

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This invention relates to a process comprising reacting ethylene and oxygen or a source of oxygen in a process microchannel in the presence of a catalyst to form a product comprising ethylene oxide.
PCT/US2009/050342 2008-07-14 2009-07-13 Process for making ethylene oxide using microchannel process technology WO2010009021A2 (en)

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