Process for producing ethylene glycol and methanol
US4362820A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 1981 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/52
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates to the manufacture of ethylene glycol, methanol, and derivatives thereof from the reaction of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, by a homogeneous catalytic process using a cobalt-containing compound and an organosilicon compound having least one hydrogen bonded to silicon (--Si--H).
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