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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1993
Kannappan Chockalingam, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Tse-Chong Wu, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A new process for preparing aliphatic carboxylic acid esters is provided. A substituted aliphatic ether or thioether compound is reacted with carbon monoxide in the presence of an alcohol in anhydrous conditions at a temperature between about 25.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C. An excess of several moles of anhydrous alcohol is preferred. An acid such as hydrochloric acid may also be added. As catalyst, a mixture of palladium or a palladium compound and a copper compound with at least one acid-stable ligand are present.
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