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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J Green, Hull, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560234 ; 2604106 ; 2604 / ; 2604 / ; 260413 ; 560-1 ; 560-8 ; 560 92 ; 560129 ; 560204 ; 560243 ; 560245 ; 560261 ; 560263 ; 560265 ; 560244 ; 562406 ; 562497 ; 562519 ; 568877 ; 568909 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of an ester comprises reacting an olefin with carbon monoxide, hydrogen and another ester at elevated temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst comprising (1) a rhodium source, (2) a ruthenium source, and (3) cobalt or zinc iodide. The product ester comprises the acid group of the ester used as reactant esterified with a hydrocarbyl group derived from the olefin, hydrogen and carbon monoxide.