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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard Alper, Ottawa, CA;
David J Smith, Camberley, GB;
Assignee:
The British Petroleum Company p.l.c., London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560105 ; 560204 ; 560232 ; 560233 ; 560234 ; 560114 ; 260410 ; 562406 ; 562497 ; 562522 ;
Abstract
Carboxylic acid esters are produced by reacting an olefinic hydrocarbon with an ester of formic acid in the presence of both carbon monoxide and oxygen at a temperature of up to 200.degree. and a pressure of up to 300 bar in the presence of water, typically in an amount of from 0.01 to 5% w/w, a source of protons, which is preferably a mineral acid or a tectometallosilicate in the hydrogen form, and as catalyst (a) a source of palladium, and (b) a source of copper.