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Continuous preparation of methyl formate

US5917085A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Ferdinand Lippert · Bad Dürkheim, DE
Arthur Hohn · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
Jurgen Dahlhaus · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 30, 1997
Grant date	Jun 29, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07C67/36
WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a process for the continuous preparation of methyl formate by reaction of carbon monoxide and methanol under elevated pressure and elevated temperature in the presence of an alkali metal methoxide, the reaction is carried out at a pressure of from 210 to 250 bar in the presence of from 0.05 to 0.2% by weight of alkali metal methoxide, based on methanol used.

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