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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Orville D Frampton, Wyoming, OH (US);
William D Baugh, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
National Distillers & Chemical Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11C / ; C11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2604 / ; 260413 ; 560233 ; 562522 ;
Abstract
Alkanoic acids containing largely the alpha-methyl isomers thereof, and/or the corresponding esters, are prepared by reacting an alpha-olefin, carbon monoxide and water and/or a monoalkanol in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a catalyst composition comprising (i) a zero-valent Group VIII metal or metal alloy in which the Group VIII metal is the major component by weight thereof, (ii) an aryl ligand selected from the group consisting of arylarsine, arylstibine and arylbismuthine and (iii) a Lewis acid and/or hydrochloric acid.