Process for preparing acetic acid

Details Process for preparing acetic acid Process for preparing acetic acid

1985-03-29

1991-02-26

Garner, Vivian

Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series

Organic compounds

Carboxylic acids and salts thereof

560234, 560265, C07C 5112, C07C 51353, C07C 5308

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ABSTRACT:
Acetic acid is advantageously prepared from a starting material having a formic acid moiety and a methyl ester moiety by heating said starting material in the presence of (1) carbon monoxide, (2) at least one of (2-a) a metal accelerator selected from beryllium, a metal belonging to the group IIIA, IVB, VB, VIB or IIA of the Periodic Table, a lanthanide metal and an actinide metal and (2-b) an onium compound or a precursor for the onium compound, (3) a rhodium catalyst and (4) an iodine compound.

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patent: 4613693 (1986-09-01), Ray

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