Abstract
In the preceding two chapters we have discussed the various reactions of lower olefins with carbon monoxide and syn gas that are widely used in the manufacture of industrial chemicals. In this and the next chapter we shall examine the direct transformation of methanol to industrial chemicals. Much of the chemistry on which these processes are based has been known since the 1940s. It was not until quite recently, however, that the rising prices of olefin feedstocks provided an economic incentive for the development of methanol-based processes. This precipitated an intensive research effort which resulted in many process improvements. Some of these methanol-based’ processes are already displacing existing olefin-based routes. The classic example is the Monsanto process for acetic acid manufacture via methanol carbonylation (see Chapter 7).
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Sheldon, R.A. (1983). Methanol and Formaldehyde. In: Chemicals from Synthesis Gas. Catalysis by Metal Complexes, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1019-0_6
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