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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1977
Filed:
May. 05, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeru Onoda, Yokohama, JA;
Keisuke Wada, Yokohama, JA;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Ltd., Tokyo, JA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2604 / ; 252430 ; 2604 / ; 260599 ;
Abstract
A carboxylic ester of a substituted benzene compound having one or two hydroxymethyl groups on the benzene ring is prepared by reacting a benzene compound selected from the group consisting of toluene and xylene, an aliphatic carboxylic acid, and molecular oxygen in the gaseous phase, in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the improvement comprises reacting said reactants over a supported catalyst wherein the active constituents comprise (1) palladium, (2) an antimony component substantially as the oxide thereof and (3) at least one carboxylic acid salt of an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, zinc, cadmium or lead, on a carrier.