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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rhone-Poulenc Chimie, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562522 ;
Abstract
Adipic acid is selectivity prepared by reacting water and carbon monoxide with at least one pentenic acid, in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of an iridium-based catalyst and at least one iodinated promoter therefor at an elevated temperature, at a pressure greater than atmospheric and in at least one solvent medium which comprises a saturated aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon or halogenated derivative thereof, an aromatic hydrocarbon or halogenated derivative thereof, or an aliphatic, aromatic or mixed ether, and wherein the I/Ir atomic ratio is less than 20.