Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

Kinichi Mizuno

Tetsuo Aoyama

Masao Saito

Yuzi Onda

Kumiko Kato

Shigeru Horie

Takeo Ikarashi

Hidetaka Kiga

Kozo Sano

Dimethyl formamide with a high purity is produced in a high yield and a high selectivity by reaction of a mixture of monomethylamine and/or monomethyl formamide and trimethylamine, or the mixture further containing dimethylamine with carbon monoxide in the presence of metallic iron or an iron compound as a catalyst and hydrogen gas at a volumic rate of H.sub.2 /CO of 0.05-3.

Process for producing dimethyl formamide

Dimethylformamide mg.multidot.produced by reaction of monomethylamine and trimethylamine at a molar ratio of trimethylamine to monomethylamine of 0.1-10, with carbon monoxide in the presence of 1-500 mg. atom of at least one of iodine, bromine, iodides and bromides as a catalyst in term of halogen per one mole of raw material methylamines at a temperature of 100.degree.-350.degree. C. under a pressure of at least 50 kg/cm.sup.2 gage. Dimethylformamide is produced in a very high yield with a high selectivity from monomethylamine and trimethylamine having less demand among three species of methylamines formed from methanol and ammonia.

Process for producing dimethylformamide

Dimethyl formamide is produced in high yield with high selectivity by reaction of monomethyl formamide with trimethylamine and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst such as halogen elements, halides, inorganic acids, solid acids and metal carbonyls at a temperature of 150.degree. to 300.degree. C under a pressure of 20 kg/cm.sup.2 gage or higher.

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Kinichi Mizuno