Hydrolysis of alkyl monohalides
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsUwe Stabel, Gerhard Fahrbach, Werner Neumann
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Abstract
A process for hydrolyzing alkyl monohalides comprises using activated carbon impregnated with alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide in the presence of water and converting the alkyl monohalides virtually quantitatively into the corresponding alcohols. Apparatus for carrying out the process comprises at least one, preferably two, especially three, reactors (2), especially tubular reactors. The process is also particularly useful for preparing alcohols.
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A process for hydrolyzing alkyl monohalides in a mixture comprising said alkyl monohalides in the presence of hydroxides and activated carbon, which comprises conducting the hydrolysis in the presence of water over activated carbon impregnated with alkali metal hydroxide and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxide.
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