Patent · US Expired

Procedure for the production of alkyl carbonates

US5686644A · kind A · utility

10Cited by
4References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 21, 1994
Grant dateNov 11, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 21, 2014

Classification

  • 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.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.