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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald Doyle, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560232 ; 2604 / ; 423417 ; 518700 ; 518718 ; 518721 ; 544410 ; 546-8 ; 548107 ; 548373 ; 548402 ; 568485 ; 568487 ; 568594 ; 568698 ; 568902 ; 585733 ;
Abstract
A homogeneous catalytic process for the conversion of methanol to methyl acetate. The process comprises contacting CO with methanol in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of an iron-cobalt carbonyl complex of the formula M[FeCo.sub.3 (CO).sub.12 ] or M[CoFe.sub.3 (CO).sub.13 ] where M is hydrogen or a cation and an iodide promoter, heating the resultant mixture at temperatures of from 100.degree. to 250.degree. C. at pressures of from 5 to 100 MPa.