Production of dimethyl carbonate using copper zeolite catalysts
US5391803A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 3, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C68/01
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for producing dialkyl carbonates which comprises contacting an alkanol, carbon monoxide, and oxygen with a catalyst to produce dialkyl carbonate, the catalyst having been prepared by heating a solid copper compound in the presence of a zeolite to form a zeolite containing copper.
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