Rohm Gmbh

Klaus Kabs

Guenter Schroeder

Wolfgang Gaenzler

Gunter Schroeder

Wolfgang Ganzler

In the method of making a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is carboxyl, a carboxylic acid ester group --COOR.sub.2, or cyano, by reaction of a compound of the formula CH.sub.3 CH.sub.2 X with methylal in the presence of a catalyst, the improvement wherein said catalyst is a catalyst system which consists essentially of (1) silicon dioxide dosed with a basic component and (2) a member selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide and titanium dioxide.

Method for making methacrylic acid, its nitrile and its esters

A method for making a carbonic acid ester of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is --CH.sub.3, --C.sub.2 H.sub.5, or --C.sub.3 H.sub.7, which comprises reacting the corresponding alcohol, ROH, with carbon monoxide and oxygen, under pressure and at elevated temperature, in the presence of a copper-containing catalyst, said catalyst being a complex formed between copper-I-chloride and vanadium trichloride, chromium trichloride, iron trichloride, cobalt-II-chloride, aluminum trichloride, or silicon tetrachloride.

Method of making carbonic acid esters

An improved method for making glycol monoesters and diesters of carboxylic acid by the reaction of an olefin and oxygen in the presence of a carboxylic acid and a catalyst, wherein said catalyst includes a compound of a metal of groups IVB - VIIB having an atomic number between 40 and 42 inclusive or between 72 and 75 inclusive, i.e. zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, or rhenium.

Method for preparing glycol esters

An improved process for preparing glycol esters by reacting an olefin with oxygen in the presence of a carboxylic acid or an inert medium containing a carboxylic acid is described in which the improvement comprises carrying out the reaction in the presence of a composite catalyst composed of or containing A. a compound of boron, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus or a combination thereof, and B. a compound of iron, copper or a combination thereof.

Preparation of glycol esters

A process for the catalytic oxycarbonylation of ethylene and propylene by reaction with carbon monoxide and oxygen in a methanolic or ethanolic reaction medium employing a catalyst which contains a compound of vanadium, chromium, iron, cobalt, nickel or copper and chloride, bromide, or iodide ions.

Method for the oxycarbonylation of ethylene and propylene

A method for preparing carbonic acid esters, ##EQU1## by reacting an alcohol, ROH, with carbon monoxide and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a copper salt, chloride or bromide, and an organic phosphorus compound such as a phosphine oxide, phosphite, phosphate, or phosphonate.

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