EXHIBIT 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS





The Board of Directors
Hoechst Celanese Corporation:



  We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement 
(No. 33-51675) on Form S-3 which also constitutes Post Effective Amendment No. 4
on Form S-3 to Registration Statement (No. 33-23628) on Form S-1 of Hoechst
Celanese Corporation of our report dated January 30, 1996, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Hoechst Celanese Corporation as of December 31,
1995 and 1994, and the related consolidated statements of earnings,
stockholder's equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1995, which report appears in the December 31, 1994
annual report on Form 10-K of Hoechst Celanese Corporation. Our report refers to
the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109. "Accounting for Income
Taxes," and No. 112, "Employers' Accounting for Postemployment Benefits," in
1993.



                                                    KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
March 21, 1996