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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald Doyle, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568671 ; 568626 ; 568635 ; 568659 ; 568715 ; 568716 ; 568876 ;
Abstract
A homogeneous catalytic process for the decarbonylating of formate esters to alcohols and carbon monoxide. The process comprises contacting formate esters of the formula HCOOR where R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 aliphatic, C.sub.7 -C.sub.14 araliphatic or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl with a copper complex of the formula Cu(L)X where L is CO, phosphine or phosphite and X is the anion of an acid in an inert atmosphere at temperatures of from about 100.degree. to 300.degree. C.