Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, Vol.3, No.3, 168-172, 1996
An electro-membrane process for dibromopropanol epoxidation
In this paper, an electro-membrane process has been described which allows to perform cyclodehydrohalogenation of dibromopropanols into epibromhydrin at room temperature. Epoxidation occurs in the stack fitted with ion exchange membranes when a constant direct current is applied on end electrodes. Hydroxyl ions are continuously fed into the reacting cell as bromide ions a reextracted, and it is not necessary with such a membrane reactor, to use a down-stream purification of the epibromhydrin produced. The mass yield in the,reacting cell was 70+/-5%, due to diffusion of reactants and/or products through the membranes used.