Preparation of formic acid from carbon monoxide and water
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsFerdinand Lippert, Arthur Hoehn
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Abstract
A process for the preparation of formic acid by the reaction of carbon monoxide with water at temperatures of from 100.degree. to 250.degree. C. and absolute from 100 to 350 bar, in which tertiary amines of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 individually denote C.sub.1 -C.sub.14 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, aryl, and C.sub.7 -C.sub.16 aralkyl or together denote a 1,4-alkylene group or 1,5-alkylene group optionally mono- to tetra-substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, provided that the total number of carbon atoms in R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 is from 3 to 40, are added to the reaction mixture.
Claims4
A process for the preparation of formic acid by the reaction of carbon monoxide with water at temperature of from 100.degree. to 250.degree. C. and absolute pressures of from 100 to 350 bar, wherein a tertiary amine of the formula I ##STR3## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 individually denote C.sub.1 -C.sub.14 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, aryl, and C.sub.7 -C.sub.16 aralkyl or together denote a 1,4-alkylene group or 1,5-alkylene group optionally mono- to tetra-substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, provided that the total number of carbon atoms in R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 is from 3 to 40,
- is added to the reaction mixture.
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