PREPARATION OF MIXTURES OF BUTANEDIOLS

Process for preparing 2-alkyl-1,4-butanediols and mixtures with 1,4-butanediol which comprises bringing together, at an initial alkaline pH, and at a temperature and pressure suitable for reaction, a mixture of 4-hydroxybutyraldehyde and/or its cyclic acetal, 2-hydroxytetrahydrofuran, hydrogen, an u...

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Zusammenfassung:Process for preparing 2-alkyl-1,4-butanediols and mixtures with 1,4-butanediol which comprises bringing together, at an initial alkaline pH, and at a temperature and pressure suitable for reaction, a mixture of 4-hydroxybutyraldehyde and/or its cyclic acetal, 2-hydroxytetrahydrofuran, hydrogen, an unsubstituted aliphatic aldehyde, especially formaldehyde, and a hydrogenation catalyst. Also processes for preparing mixtures of tetrahydrofuran and 3-alkyltetrahydrofuran from the diol mixtures, and copolymers from the tetrahydrofuran mixtures.