Process for the preparation of trimethyl borate

    公开(公告)号:DE3324419A1

    公开(公告)日:1984-01-12

    申请号:DE3324419

    申请日:1983-07-07

    Applicant: BASF AG

    Abstract: A process for the preparation of trimethyl borate by reaction of boric acid or boron trioxide and methanol in a distillation column having at least 15 separating stages and having a supply of the starting substances in a molar ratio of 3.7 to 5.5 mol of methanol per mol of boric acid at a bottom temperature of 70 to 150 DEG C and a temperature in the top of the column of 25 to 115 DEG C, water being withdrawn from the bottom and advantageously a fraction of the bottom liquid being drawn off from the bottom and fed back into the column above the bottom, and trimethyl borate and unreacted methanol being removed at the top of the column. The trimethyl borate which can be prepared by the process of the invention is used as a precursor for the preparation of boranes or sodium borohydride.

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