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Process for preparing monoethylene glycol (MEG) by metal-catalyzed reaction of a dialkyl oxalate of the formula I where Rand Rare each, independently of one another, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl, with hydrogen (H), wherein the dialkyl oxalate (I) is used as melt or as a solution in a solvent, dialkyl oxalate (I) and Hare used in a molar ratio of H:dialkyl oxalate (I) in the range from 4.0 to 30 and the reaction is carried out continuously in a reactor at a cross-sectional loading of &#x2265;10 m/s, a temperature in the range from 150 to 270&#xb0; C., a pressure in the range from 150 to 390 bar and in the presence of a chromium-free heterogeneous catalyst comprising copper.

Method for producing monoethylene glycol

A process for obtaining pure aniline contains

Process for obtaining pure aniline

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