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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ticona GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/541 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 4/541 ;
Abstract
Process for the nonoxidative preparation of formaldehyde from methanol The invention relates to a process for preparing formaldehyde from methanol by dehydrogenation in a reactor at temperatures in the range from 300 to 1000° C. in the presence of a catalyst which is introduced into the reactor with the aid of a carrier gas to give a product gas mixture, wherein the formaldehyde is separated from the product gas mixture and at least part of the remaining product gas mixture is recirculated to the reactor in a circulating gas stream and the carrier gas used is a carbon-free gas or gas mixture.