Ube Industries, Inc.

Satoru Fujitus

Haruhiko Miyazaki

Yasushi Shiomi

Katsuro Masunaga

Hiroshi Yanagisawa

In a process for preparing a diester of oxalic acid by the vapor phase catalytic reaction of carbon monoxide with an ester of nitrous acid in the presence of a catalyst composed of a solid carrier and a catalyst component supported on the carrier, the improvement wherein said catalyst component is composed of

Process for the production of a diester of oxalic acid

In a process for preparing a diester of oxalic acid by the vapor phase catalytic reaction of carbon monoxide with an ester of nitrous acid in the presence of a catalyst composed of a solid carrier and a platinum-group metal or a salt thereof supported on the carrier, the improvement wherein said solid carrier is alumina having a specific surface area of not more than 90 m.sup.2 /g.

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Yamaguchi, Japan

Satoru Fujitus