	US 11,932,592 B2
	Process for the transformation of primary aliphatic alcohols into higher aliphatic alcohols
Fabrizio Cavani, Modena (IT); Valerio Zanotti, Bologna (IT); Rita Mazzoni, Casalecchio di Reno (IT); Carlo Lucarelli, Bologna (IT); Cristiana Cesari, Ascoli Piceno (IT); Tommaso Tabanelli, Cotignola (IT); and Francesco Puzzo, Pietraperzia (IT)
Assigned to ALMA MATER STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA, Bologna (IT)
Appl. No. 17/044,906
Filed by ALMA MATER STUDIORUM—UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA, Bologna (IT)
PCT Filed Apr. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/058459 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 2, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/193079, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000004226 (IT), filed on Apr. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0163385 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. C07C 29/34 (2006.01); B01J 31/20 (2006.01); B01J 31/22 (2006.01); C07C 29/94 (2006.01)

CPC C07C 29/34 (2013.01) [B01J 31/20 (2013.01); B01J 31/2295 (2013.01); C07C 29/94 (2013.01); B01J 2231/44 (2013.01); B01J 2531/821 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A process for the condensation of a primary aliphatic alcohol in a homogeneous phase comprising contacting said primary aliphatic alcohol with a catalyst mixture, wherein said catalyst mixture comprises:

a) a catalyst comprising a complex of a transition metal of groups 7-11, wherein said transition metal is selected from the group consisting of Mn, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt and Cu;

b) a base; and

c) an additive, wherein said additive is selected from any one of the classes of compounds of the group consisting of pyridines N-oxide, isoquinolines N-oxide, quinolines N-oxide, benzoquinones, naphthoquinones and TEMPO.