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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Julian Howard, North Humberside, GB;
Michael David Jones, Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562519 ; 554128 ; 560 97 ; 560114 ; 560207 ; 260604 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of a carboxylic acid and/or a carboxylic acid anhydride which process comprises contacting a reaction composition comprising an alcohol and/or a carboxylic acid ester, optionally water, a first hydrocarbyl halide and/or a hydrocarbyl ether reactant and a second hydrocarbyl halide promoter, the first and second hydrocarbyl halides being the same or different, with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst comprising an insoluble imidazole-containing resin supporting a Group VIII metal species.