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US 2005/0135987 A1Published application
Preparation of iron pentacarbonyl
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsGabriele Unger, Hendrik Schonfelder, Otto Watzenberger, Hans-Josef Sterzel, Klaus Kuhling
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Abstract
Iron pentacarbonyl is prepared by reacting iron with carbon monoxide in suspension and in the presence of a polysulfide of the general formula RSxR′ as a catalyst, where R is an organic radical and x is a number from 2 to 8.
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A process for preparing iron pentacarbonyl by reacting iron with carbon monoxide in suspension and in the presence of a sulfur catalyst, which comprises using a polysulfide of the general formula RSxR′ as the catalyst, where R and R′ are each organic radicals and x is a number from 2 to 10.
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