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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl Voigt, Rodenbach, DE;
Peter Kleinschmit, Hanau, DE;
Gerd Schreyer, Hanau, DE;
Gerhard Sperka, Alzenau, DE;
Assignee:
Degussa AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423376 ;
Abstract
In order to be independent of the situation in regard to methane and natural gas and at the same time to obtain a heating gas there is employed in the hydrocyanic acid-methane-ammonia process (the BMA process) in place of methane an alkanol or alkanediol having 2-4 carbon atoms, preferably ethyl alcohol, and this is reacted with ammonia in a C:N ratio of 0.8:1 to 2:1. Optionally additional hydrogen can be present.