Process for producing dimethyl formamide
AssigneeMitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
InventorsMasao Saito, Tetsuo Aoyama, Shigeru Horie, Kazuo Takada
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Abstract
Dimethyl formamide is produced in high yield with good selectivity by reaction of monomethylamine and trimethylamine, or together with dimethylamine, with carbon monoxide in the presence of metallic iron or an iron compound such as oxide, hydroxide, sulfide, inorganic acid salt, organic acid salt or carbonyl compound of iron.
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The process for producing dimethyl formamide which comprises reacting a mixture of methyl amines including as essential components monomethylamine and trimethylamine with carbon monoxide in the presence of an iron carbonyl at concentration of 5.5-300 mg- atom of iron per mole of reactant amine.
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