Organic Intermediates Functionalized with Oxygen, Nitrogen, or Halogens

Organic Intermediates Functionalized with Oxygen, Nitrogen, or Halogens 

Alcohols that are industrially produced on a large technical scale consist of non-cyclic and cydic and saturated and unsaturated representatives. Apart from monoalcohols, some diols and polyols are also of technical importance. Table 5.3.3 lists the most relevant examples together with their main applications areas and actual production capacities. 

Methanol produdion has been chosen as a process example of this textbook and is treated in detail in Sedion 6.11.2. 

World production (mio.ta ) (unless specified, data from Wiley-VCH, 2012) 

Solvent, esters of carboxylic acids Solvent, esters of carboxylic acids 

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