Process for producing formaldehyde and derivatives thereof

Details Process for producing formaldehyde and derivatives thereof Process for producing formaldehyde and derivatives thereof

1989-02-03

1990-10-30

Lone, Werren B.

Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series

Organic compounds

Oxygen containing

568470, C07C 4532, C07C 4537

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active

049670140

ABSTRACT:
A process for formaldehyde production is disclosed comprising the steps of reacting methanol with formaldehyde to form methylal and then oxidizing the resulting methylal to obtain formaldehyde. Formaldehyde derivatives may also be produced. A dilute formaldehyde solution resulting from recovery of the product is recycled and used as feed material for the initial reaction step.

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patent: 2467223 (1949-04-01), Payne
patent: 4439624 (1984-03-01), Lewis et al.
patent: 4442307 (1984-04-01), Lewis et al.
Walker, "Formaldehyde", American Chemical Society Monograph Series Reinhold Publishing Corp., (1967), pp. 264-267.

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