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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Okawa, Niigata, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560345 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a process for producing an isocyanate compound from a formamide compound or an amine compound which comprises (a) the first reaction step of reacting a formamide compound with dimethyl carbonate in the presence of an alkali catalyst, or reacting methyl formate and an amine compound with dimethyl carbonate in the presence of an alkali catalyst, to produce a corresponding urethane compound, and (b) the second reaction step of thermally decomposing the urethane compound at a temperature of 150.degree.-350.degree. C. and separately recovering the methanol and the corresponding isocyanate compound thus formed.