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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1988
Alistair MacFarlane, Woodlands, TX (US);
David R Dyroff, St. Louis, MO (US);
Robert V Brill, St. Louis, MO (US);
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A method of carbonylation of formaldehyde is disclosed. In the method, an aqueous formaldehyde concentrate comprising between about 60% by weight and about 85% by weight formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and sulfuric acid are brought together in the absence of an effective amount of added Group IB cocatalyst in a reaction zone under a carbon monoxide partial pressure in the reaction zone of not greater than about 1.72.times.10.sup.7 N/M.sup.2. A carbonylation reaction is thereby effected in which a carbonylation product is produced comprising at least about 2% by weight sulfuric acid and a mixture of compounds of the formula: