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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Bp Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Inventors:
Berian John Daniel, East Yorkshire, GB;
John Glenn Sunley, East Yorkshire, GB;
Russell Alan Taylor, East Yorkshire, GB;
Gareth Gerald Armitage, East Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
BP CHEMICALS LIMITED, Middlesex, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/347 (2006.01); C07C 51/09 (2006.01); C07C 67/54 (2006.01); C07C 67/37 (2006.01); C07C 41/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/347 (2013.01); C07C 41/16 (2013.01); C07C 51/09 (2013.01); C07C 67/37 (2013.01); C07C 67/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
Process for the hydrolysis of a methyl acetate with at least one of water and methanol in the presence of at least one Brønsted acid catalyst to produce acetic acid. The process employs a methyl acetate feed in which the total amount of acetaldehyde and 1,1 dimethoxyethane impurities is maintained at 100 pm wt or less calculated as mass equivalents of acetaldehyde.