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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
May. 09, 1996
Ube Industries, Ltd., Yamaguchi, JP;
Abstract
Dimethyl carbonate ((CH.sub.3 O).sub.2 CO) is continuously produced by a catalytic reaction (first step) of CO with CH.sub.3 NO.sub.2, with a significantly reduced loss of CH.sub.3 ONO by the process including a second step wherein (CH.sub.3 O).sub.2 CO in a reaction product gas of the first step is absorbed by dimethyl oxalate while contacting the resultant liquid fraction with CO to recover CH.sub.3 ONO, a third step wherein CH.sub.3 ONO is regenerated from NO in the condensed gas fraction produced in the second step and molecular oxygen and CH.sub.3 OH introduced into the third step, the resultant regenerated gas fraction being recycled and reused as a feed gas for the first step, and a fourth step wherein (CH.sub.3 O).sub.2 CO contained in the liquid fraction of the second step is collected.