Union Carbide Corporation

Joseph P Henry

Louis A Kapicak

Arthur R Doumaux, Jr

Bernard C Ream

John M Hurt

Arthur E Marcinkowsky

James E Deitzler

Thomas C Cleveland

James M Downey

A continuous vapor state process for the preparation of diesters of oxalic acid from a nitrogen oxide, an alcohol and carbon monoxide.

Vapor state formation of diesters of oxalic acid

A process is disclosed for preparing a diester of oxalic acid by contacting carbon monoxide and an ester of nitrous acid in the vapor state under a pressure in the presence of a special palladium supported catalyst.

Process for preparing a diester of oxalic acid in the vapor phase

A process is disclosed for preparing a diester of oxalic acid by contacting carbon monoxide and an ester of nitrous acid in the vapor state under a pressure in the presence of a supported palladium monolith catalyst.

Process for preparing a diester of oxalic acid

A vapor phase process for making methyl or ethyl nitrite from methanol or ethanol, respectively, by reacting a nitrogen oxide composition with methanol or ethanol.

Preparation of nitrite esters

A process for producing acetic acid and acetaldehyde from ethanol which comprises contacting a mixture of ethanol and oxygen with a supported copper oxide catalyst essentially free of barium, the mole ratio of oxygen to ethanol being from about 0.1 to about 0.5.

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South Charleston, WV, United States of America

Joseph P Henry