Process for preparing alkyl isocyanates
US4514339A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 1984 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C263/04
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Process for the production of alkyl isocyanates which can be defined by the general formula: R--N.dbd.C.dbd.O wherein R is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms by thermal decomposition of phenyl-N-alkyl urethans which can be defined by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R has the above defined meaning. Said thermal decomposition is carried out without any substance having a catalytic activity being present in the decomposition reaction, by heating to a temperature of from 180.degree. C. to 210.degree. C. under the atmospherical pressure or a slightly reduced pressure, a mixture of phenol and phenyl-N-alkyl urethan, in a molar ratio of the former to the latter equal to or nearly equal to 1:1, removing by vaporization the phenol and the alkyl isocyanate from said vaporized products and maintaining in the reaction mixture, substantially throughout the thermal decomposition a molar ratio of phenol to phenyl-N-alkyl urethan not lower than about 1:1.
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