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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Evert Jan Ditzel, North Humberside, GB;
Michael David Jones, North Humberside, GB;
Andrew David Poole, Hampshire, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562519 ; 560232 ; 562891 ;
Abstract
A process for the carbonylation of a C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl alcohol and/or a reactive derivative thereof by contacting a C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl alcohol and/or a reactive derivative thereof with carbon monoxide in a liquid reaction composition in a carbonylation reactor in the presence of (a) a rhodium catalyst (b) an alkyl halide, and (c) as promoter, at least one of ruthenium and osmium.