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    发明专利
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    公开(公告)号:FI931487A

    公开(公告)日:1993-10-04

    申请号:FI931487

    申请日:1993-04-01

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: A process for preparing formic acid by thermal cleavage of quaternary ammonium formates of the general formula I (* CHEMICAL STRUCTURE *) (I) where R1, R2 and R3 are C1- to C14-alkyl, C3- to C8-cycloalkyl, aryl or C7- to C16-aralkyl, or together are 1,4- or 1,5-alkylene which is unsubstituted or substituted one to four times by C1-to C4-alkyl, with the proviso that the sum of the carbon atoms of R1, R2 and R3 in the quaternary ammonium formates I is 7 to 40, comprises carrying out the cleavage in the presence of secondary formamides of the general formula II (* CHEMICAL STRUCTURE *) (II) where R4 and R5 are C2- to C10-alkyl, C3- to C8-cycloalkyl, aryl or C7- to C16-aralkyl, or together are 1,4- or 1,5-alkylene which is unsubstituted or substituted one to four times by C1- to C4-alkyl, which formamides boil 30 degrees to 150 degrees C. lower than the tertiary amine of the general formula III (* CHEMICAL STRUCTURE *) (III) where R1, R2 and R3 have the abovementioned meanings, contained in the formate I.

    PREPARATION OF FORMIC ACID
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:CA1239424A

    公开(公告)日:1988-07-19

    申请号:CA480861

    申请日:1985-05-06

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: Anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid is prepared by hydrolyzing methyl formate in the presence of a formamide and then obtaining the formic acid from the hydrolysis mixture by distillation, by a method in which the hydrolysis is carried out in the presence of 0.5-3 moles, per mole of methyl formate, of a water-soluble formamide of the general formula I where R1 and R2 are each alkyl or together form an alkylene group, giving a 5-membered to 7-membered ring, with the proviso that the sum of the carbon atoms in R1 and R2 is 5 or 6 and, in the case of an alkylene group, a carbon atom which is not directly bonded to the N atom can be replaced by an oxygen atom.

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