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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael David Jones, East Riding, GB;
Andrew David Poole, East Riding, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562517 ; 562519 ; 562607 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of acetic acid which comprises reacting carbon monoxide with a carbonylatable reactant comprising greater than 10%, typically from 30 to 100%, by weight dimethyl ether introduced to a reactor in which there is maintained at elevated temperature a liquid reaction composition comprising a Group VIII noble metal catalyst, for example rhodium or iridium, methyl iodide promoter, an optional co-promoter and water at a concentration in the liquid reaction composition of from 1.0 to 10% by weight.