| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/EP93/03352 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 17, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 17, 1995 PCT Filed Nov. 30, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/13653 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 19943,4-Epoxy-1-butene is prepared by the gas phase epoxidation of 1,3-butadiene by means of oxygen or oxygen-containing gases over silver-containing catalysts and isolation of the 3,4-epoxy-1-butene from the reaction exit mixture by performing the gas phase epoxidation in the presence of from 6 to 80 mol % of water vapor, based on the gas mixture supplied to the reactor. |