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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hidetaka Kojima, Himeji, JP;
Takaaki Fujiwa, Himeji, JP;
Assignee:
Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562607 ; 560234 ; 560265 ;
Abstract
Acetic acid is advantageously prepared from a starting material having a formic acid moiety and a methyl ester moiety by heating said starting material in the presence of (1) carbon monoxide, (2) at least one of (2-a) a metal accelerator selected from beryllium, a metal belonging to the group IIIA, IVB, VB, VIB or IIA of the Periodic Table, a lanthanide metal and an actinide metal and (2-b) an onium compound or a precursor for the onium compound, (3) a rhodium catalyst and (4) an iodine compound.