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Gebhard Ritter

Gerhard Luft

Monocarboxylic anhydrides of the general formula (RCO).sub.2 O are made by reacting a carboxylic acid ester or dialkylether of the general formulae RCOOR and ROR, respectively, in which R stands for one and the same alkyl radical having from 1-4 carbon atoms, with carbon monoxide in gas phase, in the presence of iodine or bromine or their compounds as a reaction promoter and also in the presence of a carrier-supported catalyst containing noble metal compounds of group VIII of the Periodic System, at temperatures of 130.degree.-400.degree. C. and under pressures of 1-150 bars. To this end, a novel carrier-supported catalyst is used in which the carrier material has a noble metal/chelate-compound formed of the noble metal compound and a chelator containing organonitrogen, organophosphorus, organoarsenic or organosulfur groups applied to it.

Carrier-supported catalyst and process for making monocarboxylic

Carrier-supported catalyst and process for making mono-carboxylic

Carrier-supported catalyst for making monocarboxylic anhydrides by subjecting a suitable ester or ether to carbonylation. The carrier supported catalyst has an organosilicon compound containing an alkoxy or halogen group and also an organonitrogen, organophosphorus, organoarsenic, organosulfur, mercapto or thioether group as a polyfunctional adhesion promoter additively combined with the carrier material on the one hand, and with the noble metal compound of the 8th subgroup of the Periodic System of the elements, on the other hand.

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Gebhard Ritter