In Kaisten, syngenta operates the world's largest plant in which an enantioselective catalytic hydrogenation is performed. How did this come about?

Chimia

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 10-12

  Hofer, Roland ^a  

^a SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competitiveness in production; Enantioselective hydrogenation; Large scale manufacturing; Loop reactor

Indexed keywords

METOLACHLOR;

ACETYLATION; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGENATION; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SWITZERLAND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 15744396156     PISSN: 00094293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2533/000942905777677000     Document Type: Short Survey

References (1)

1. H.-U. Blaser, 'The Chiral Switch of (S)-Metolachlor: A Personal Account of an Industrial Odyssey in Asymmetric Catalysis', Adv. Synth. Catal. 2002, 344, 17-31.