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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
558277 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of dialkyl carbonates of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, by reaction of alcohols R.sup.1 OH with a gaseous carbon monoxide/oxygen mixture in the presence of a copper catalyst and a co-solvent at elevated temperature and pressure wherein the co-solvent used is a cyclic urea of the general formula II ##STR2## in which n is equal to 2, 3 or 4 and R.sup.2 denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl.