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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
May. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Robert Zoeller, Kingsport, TN (US);
Andy Hugh Singleton, Kingsport, TN (US);
Gerald Charles Tustin, Kingsport, TN (US);
Donald Lee Carver, Church Hill, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 2/708 ; B01J 2/713 ; B01J 2/118 ; B01J 2/346 ; B01J 2/352 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 2/708 ; B01J 2/713 ; B01J 2/118 ; B01J 2/346 ; B01J 2/352 ;
Abstract
A carbon supported solid catalyst suitable for the vapor phase carbonylation of lower aliphatic alcohols, ethers, ester, and ester-alcohol mixtures, and desirably, methanol, to produce carboxylic acid, esters and mixtures thereof. The solid supported catalyst includes an effective amount of iridium and gold associated with a solid carbon support, and a halogen promoter. The halogen promoter component of the catalyst is preferably vaporous, thus providing a two-phase catalyst system,