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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl Sherman Garland, Columbia, MD (US);
Martin Francis Giles, Middlesex, GB;
John Glenn Sunley, North Humberside, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562519 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of acetic acid by carbonylation of methanol or a reactive derivative thereof by contacting the methanol or derivative with carbon monoxide in a liquid reaction composition comprising (a) acetic acid, (b) an iridium catalyst, (c) methyl iodide, (d) at least a finite quantity of water and (e) methyl acetate is improved by the use as promoter of at least one of ruthenium and osmium.