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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Maerkl, Fussgoenheim, DE;
Werner Bertleff, Viernheim, DE;
Wolfgang Harder, Weinheim, DE;
Rudolf Kummer, Frankenthal, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
518701 ;
Abstract
Ethylene glycol is prepared from carbon monoxide and hydrogen in homogeneous liquid phase under superatmospheric pressure and at elevated temperature in the presence of a rhodium-containing catalyst and in the presence of an organic solvent, the organic solvent used being a C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -n-alkanol and the concentration of this alkanol, based on the total amount of the mixture, constantly being maintained at not less than 50% by weight.