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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1996
Mariko Abe, Niigata, JP;
Shuji Ebata, Niigata, JP;
Takafumi Abe, Niigata, JP;
Hirofumi Higuchi, Niigata, JP;
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for preparing a carboxylic acid ester which includes subjecting a carboxylic acid and an alcohol or a phenol to an esterification reaction in the presence of a silica-titania catalyst. The silica-titania catalyst is prepared by adding an acidic solution containing a silicon compound and a titanium compound dissolved therein to a solution of a basic compound to bring about co-precipitation, in which the acidic solution is a nitric acid-acidic solution or a sulfuric acid-acidic solution, a ratio of the amount (gram equivalent) of nitric acid or sulfuric acid to the amount (mol) of the silicon compound in the acidic solution is 0.5 to 50 and the amount of the titanium compound in the acidic solution is such that a ratio of titania (TiO.sub.2) in the silica-titania catalyst is 1 to 50% by weight.