Procedure for the production of alkyl carbonates
US5686644A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 21, 1994 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/584
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Dialkyl carbonate is prepared by reacting an alcohol with a gaseous mixture of carbon monoxide and oxygen in the presence of cuprous chloride as catalyst and hydrochloric acid as in situ regenerator of the catalyst.
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