Patent · US Expired

Process for continuously producing alcohols

US4581475A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Deutsche Texaco Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Wilhelm Neier · Rheinberg, DE
Werner Webers · Dinslaken, DE
Michael Dettmer · Glinde, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 1984
Grant date	Apr 8, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/52
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for producing a lower aliphatic alcohol by splitting ethers whereby ethers are reacted at an elevated temperature and pressure with an excess of water in the presence of acidic hydration catalysts is disclosed.

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