公开(公告)号：US20180222830A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-09

申请号：US15747809

申请日：2016-07-26

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Alexander DUEFERT ,  Rolf PINKOS ,  Michael REISER ,  Philipp BRUEGGEMANN ,  Gerhard THEIS

IPC: C07C29/149

CPC classification number: C07C29/149 ,  B01J21/02 ,  B01J23/72 ,  C07C29/90 ,  C07C31/202 ,  C07C67/08 ,  C07C31/20

Abstract: Process for preparing monoethylene glycol (MEG) by metal-catalyzed reaction of a dialkyl oxalate of the formula I where R1 and R2 are each, independently of one another, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl, with hydrogen (H2), wherein the dialkyl oxalate (I) is used as melt or as a solution in a solvent, dialkyl oxalate (I) and H2 are used in a molar ratio of H2: dialkyl oxalate (I) in the range from 4.0 to 30 and the reaction is carried out continuously in a reactor at a cross-sectional loading of 10 m/s, a temperature in the range from 150 to 270° C., a pressure in the range from 150 to 390 bar and in the presence of a chromium-free heterogeneous catalyst comprising copper.