United States Patent (19) 11 Patent Number: 4,667,045 Briggs Et Al
United States Patent (19) 11 Patent Number: 4,667,045 Briggs et al. (45) Date of Patent: May 19, 1987 ORGANOSALTS OF METALATE ANONS 4,283,580 8/1981 Odanaka et al. 54) 4,406,837 9/1983 Kroenke . AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 4,406,838 9/1983 Kroenke . ALKYLENE GLYCOLS THEREWITH 4,406,839 9/1983 Kroenke et al. (75) Inventors: John R. Briggs; John H. Robson, both 4,406,840 9/1983 Kroenke . of Charleston, W. Va. 4,412,956 1 1/1983 Abramson et al. ............. 260/429 R (73) Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation, FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Danbury, Conn. 1577293 8/1969 France ............................ 260/429 R 54-128507 10/1979 Japan. 21 Appl. No.: 594,264 56073035 11/1979 Japan. Filed: Mar. 28, 1984 56073036 11/1979 Japan. 22 56-92228 7/1981 Japan. (51) Int. Cl'.......................... C07F 9/00; CO7F 11/00 (52) U.S. C. ........................................ 556/20; 556/21; OTHER PUBLICATIONS 556/42; 556/51 Brown, J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. V 17, pp. 146-151 (1961). (58) Field of Search ........................ 260/429R, 429 J; Chemical Abstracts, 99:121790k (1983). 556/20, 21, 42, 57 R. A. Sheldon, "Molybdenum-Catalyzed Epoxidation 56) References Cited of Olefins with Alkyl Hydroperoxides, Recl. Trav. Chem., Pays-Bas, 92, p. 253, et seq. (1973). U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS R. A. Sheldon, "Molybdenum-Catalyzed Epoxidation 2,795,549 6/1957 Abbott et al. .............. 260/429 RX of Olefins with Alkyl Hydroperoxide II, Isolation and 2,795,552 6/1957 Abbott et al. .............. 260/429 RX 2,805,997 9/1957 Benoit et al.
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