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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Ernest Morris, Richmond, GB;
Stephen James Smith, Cottingham, GB;
John Glenn Sunley, Cottingham, GB;
Robert John Watt, Twickenham, GB;
Bruce Leo Williams, Elloughton Brough, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562608 ; 562606 ; 562607 ; 562519 ;
Abstract
In a process for purifying a carboxylic acid fraction obtained by liquid phase carbonylation of an alkyl alcohol and/or its reactive derivative in which volatile iridium- and/or volatile co-promoter contaminants are converted to involatile forms by contacting with an iodide in the absence of carbon monoxide or at a partial pressure less than that of the carbonylation reaction. The involatile contaminants are then separated from the carboxylic acid.