Methyl alcohol process
US4990696A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 29, 1990 |
| Grant date | Feb 5, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C19/03
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Perchloroethylene is oxychlorinated to provide hexachloroethane which is reacted with methane to produce methyl chloride which is hydrolyzed to form methyl alcohol product and hydrogen chloride which is recycled to the oxychlorination step.
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