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    <periodOfReport>2012-04-26</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>Celanese CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>BARLETT JAMES E</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CELANESE CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>222 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD., SUITE 900N</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>IRVING</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75039</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Series A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2012-04-26</value>
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            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                    <value>2000</value>
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                    <value>0</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                    <value>24518</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Annual grant of restricted stock units pursuant to the Company's 2009 Global Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated April 19, 2012. The restricted stock units vest in full on the one-year anniversary of the date of grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List: Exhibit No. 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ James R. Peacock III, Attorney-in-Fact for James E. Barlett</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-04-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
