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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1983
Heinz Erpenbach, Cologne, DE;
Klaus Gehrmann, Erftstadt, DE;
Winfried Lork, Erftstadt, DE;
Peter Prinz, Hurth, DE;
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a process for making carboxylic acid halides by reacting an alkyl halide having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or aryl halide with carbon monoxide, optionally in admixture with up to 30 volume % hydrogen, under practically anhydrous conditions at temperatures of 350 to 575 K under pressures of 1 to 300 bars in the presence of a catalyst system containing at least one noble metal belonging to group VIII of the Periodic System of the elements or its compounds, iodine and/or its compounds and optionally an inert organic solvent. To this end, the disclosure provides for use to be made of a catalyst system which additionally contains a compound of the elements belonging to groups I to III of the Periodic System, and acetic acid.