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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an industrially preferable method for producing a dihydroxybenzene mono(hydroxyethyl) ether, comprising reacting a dihydroxybenzene with ethylene carbonate in the presence of a new nearly neutral catalyst, by which the dihydroxybenzene mono(hydroxyethyl) ether having a high quality can be produced in high selectivity in a short time, while reducing an undesired alkaline waste liquid from the view point of environment protection after the reaction. SOLUTION: This method for producing the dihydroxybenzene mono(hydroxyethyl) ether is characterized by reacting the dihydroxybenzene with the ethylene carbonate in the presence of at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of alkali metal halides, alkaline earth metal halides, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal carbonates, and alkali metal or alkaline earth metal phosphates. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a process for producing a carbamate of a high purity by reacting a diaryl carbonate with an amine (especially an aromatic monoamine or a sterically bulky monoamine) to afford the carbamate, and easily separating the carbamate. SOLUTION: The process for producing the carbamate comprises reacting the diaryl carbonate with a monoamine having at least one hydrogen atom on the N-position in the presence of a carboxylic acid in the presence or absence of a solvent to afford the carbamate, adding the reaction solvent thereto when the solvent is not used in the reaction, precipitating the carbamate by holding the reaction liquid at -30 to 40°C, and separating the carbamate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently producing a dialkyl oxalate by suppressing loss of nitrogen which is an alkyl nitrite source, especially the loss of nitrogen caused by by-production of nitric acid in regenerating the alkyl nitrite from nitrogen monoxide in the method for producing a dialkyl oxalate by reacting carbon monoxide with the alkyl nitrite in the presence of a platinum group metal catalyst. SOLUTION: The method for producing the dialkyl oxalate is to react carbon monoxide with the alkyl nitrite by extracting a bottom solution containing nitric acid and alkanols from the bottom of a reactor (3) for regenerating the alkyl nitrite, introducing the solution into a reactor (4) for converting to nitric acid, feeding nitrogen monoxide to the reactor to generate the alkyl nitrite by bringing the introduced bottom solution into contact with the nitrogen monoxide and feeding an alkyl nitrite-containing gas to the reactor for regenerating the alkyl nitrite. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing carbamate (especially polycarbamate such as biscarbamate) having no problems possessed by known methods for producing carbamate, as the known methods have several problems, that is, problems of materials (material properties such as irritation and toxicity, and use of a base), problems of reaction conditions (reaction at a high temperature or a high pressure), problems of reactivity of amine, problems of byproducts, problems of separation of objective products, problems of catalysts and reaction rate, and problems of corrosion, so, to provide a method for producing carbamate (especially polycarbamate such as biscarbamate) from a diaryl carbonate and an amine (especially an aromatic polyamine or a three-dimensionally bulky polyamine) having ≥2 amino groups having at least one H at N site, wherein the carbamate can be produced at a high reaction rate and a high productivity on a mild condition whith side reactions suppressed and the objective carbamate can be efficiently obtained by easily separating the produced carbamate. SOLUTION: The method for producing carbamate comprises reacting a diaryl carbonate with an amine having ≥2 amino groups having at least one H at N site in the presence of an aliphatic carboxylic acid, a carbocyclic aromatic carboxylic acid or a heterocyclic carboxylic acid at 10-150°C. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for conducting ester interchange reaction of an aliphatic dihydroxy compound and dimethyl carbonate, while selectively removing methanol which is a by-product to the outside of a reaction system by using a gas separation membrane, and to provide an improved method for producing an oligo or polycarbonate diol, including a process for conducting the ester interchange reaction of the aliphatic dihydroxy compound and the dimethyl carbonate, while selectively removing the methanol which is the by-product to the outside of the reaction system by using the gas separation membrane. SOLUTION: This method comprises conducting the ester interchange reaction of the aliphatic dihydroxy compound and the dimethyl carbonate, while selectively removing the by-product methanol by using the gas separation membrane. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an industrially suitable method for efficiently producing an alkyl nitrite from nitric acid (e.g. byproduct nitric acid in a method for producing an alkyl nitrite from nitrogen monoxide, oxygen and an alkanol as starting materials). SOLUTION: This method for producing the alkyl nitrite comprises contacting an aqueous solution containing nitric acid and an alkanol with a nitrogen monoxide gas, wherein the nitrogen monoxide gas substantially contains no nitrogen oxides which may be formed due to the presence of molecular oxygen in the nitrogen monoxide gas. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide improved preparation methods whereby cyclic carbonates and oxetanes are prepared from a triole compound and a dimethyl carbonate. SOLUTION: In the preparation method of the cyclic carbonates, the triole compound is reacted with the dimethyl carbonate while selectively removing by-product methanol by a gas permeation membrane. In the preparation method of the oxetanes, the cyclic carbonates are prepared through the above-mentioned preparation method, and the cyclic carbonates are subsequently subjected to decarbonation. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently producing a dialkyl carbonate by reacting carbon monoxide with an alkyl nitrite in the presence of a catalyst while suppressing the loss of nitrogen component for forming an alkyl nitrite source, especially the loss of nitrogen component by the by-production of nitric acid in the regeneration of the alkyl nitrite from nitrogen monoxide. SOLUTION: The dialkyl carbonate is produced from carbon monoxide and an alkyl nitrite by extracting the column bottom liquid containing nitric acid and an alcohol from the bottom of a reaction column for the regeneration of alkyl nitrite, introducing the extracted liquid to a nitric acid conversion reactor, supplying nitrogen monoxide to the reactor to contact the introduced column bottom liquid with the nitrogen monoxide to produce an alkyl nitrite and supplying the gas containing the produced alkyl nitrite to the alkyl nitrite regeneration reaction column. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gas-phase method, for producing a dialkyl carbonate by decarbonylating a dialkyl oxalate, which allows high-yield and highly selective production of a dialkyl carbonate, and easy separation/recovery of products and a catalyst. SOLUTION: This method comprises the steps of (1) catalytically reacting carbon monoxide with alkyl nitrite to form dialkyl oxalate and nitrogen monoxide, and (2) decarbonylating the obtained dialkyl oxalate into a dialkyl carbonate and carbon monoxide. COPYRIGHT: (C)1999,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a dihydroxybezene mono(hydroxyethyl) ether, comprising reacting a dihydroxybenzene with ethylene carbonate in the presence of a new catalyst, by which the dihydroxybezene mono(hydroxyethyl) ether can industrially be produced. SOLUTION: This method for producing the dihydroxybezene mono(hydroxyethyl) ether is characterized by reacting the dihydroxybenzene with the ethylene carbonate in the presence of at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of an alcohol and the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a phenol compound. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI