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US 5,401,884 AGranted
Preparation of formaldehyde by oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol in the presence of dinitrogen oxide
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsRainer Diercks, Manfred Essig, Laszlo Marosi
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Abstract
Formaldehyde is prepared by oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol in the gas phase on a silver or silver-containing catalyst by means of an oxygen-containing gas which contains dinitrogen oxide.
Claims1
A process for the preparation of formaldehyde by oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol in the gas phase on a silver or silver-containing catalyst by means of an oxygen-containing gas which contains from 1 to 50% by volume of dinitrogen oxide.
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