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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1981
Filed:
May. 23, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonard Kaplan, Charleston, WV (US);
Assignee:
Union Carbide Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568852 ; 2604 / ; 2604297 ; 568861 ; 556451 ; 556489 ;
Abstract
This invention is concerned with producing ethylene and/or 1,2-propylene glycol by the reaction of a non-cyclic oxymethylene compound formed by the hydration or acetalization of formaldehyde with a compound containing one or more of silicon, germanium and tin bonded therein which functions as an addend in a photochemically or thermally induced radical reaction, to form a 1,2-dioxyethylene containing compound, and cleaving such 1,2-dioxyethylene containing compound to form the glycol thereof.