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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Bp Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Inventor:
Timothy Crispin Bristow, East Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
BP CHEMICALS LIMITED, Middlesex, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/09 (2006.01); C07C 67/37 (2006.01); C07C 41/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/09 (2013.01); C07C 41/16 (2013.01); C07C 67/37 (2013.01);
Abstract
Process for the co-production of acetic acid and dimethyl ether by dehydration-hydrolysis of a feed mixture of methanol and methyl acetate in the presence of at least one catalyst to generate a crude reaction product comprising acetic acid and dimethyl ether. The feed to the co-production process contains methanol and methyl acetate and also contains dimethyl ether in a total amount of 25 mol % or less based on the total feed.