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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang Gaenzler, Darmstadt-Arheilgen, DE;
Klaus Kabs, Seeheim, DE;
Guenter Schroeder, Ober-Ramstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Rohm GmbH, Darmstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
260463 ;
Abstract
A method for making a carbonic acid ester of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is --CH.sub.3, --C.sub.2 H.sub.5, or --C.sub.3 H.sub.7, which comprises reacting the corresponding alcohol, ROH, with carbon monoxide and oxygen, under pressure and at elevated temperature, in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst, said catalyst being a complex formed between copper-I-chloride and vanadium trichloride, chromium trichloride, iron trichloride, cobalt-II-chloride, aluminum trichloride, or silicon tetrachloride.