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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tse-Chong Wu, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Albemarle Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/112 ; C07C 6/976 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/112 ; C07C 6/976 ;
Abstract
A mixture formed from an aromatic substituted alcohol and/or an aromatic substituted alkyl halide, and a copper-free palladium catalyst is carbonylated with carbon monoxide. Extremely high yields of the desired alpha-substituted carboxylic acid can be obtained in very short reaction periods by use of a palladium catalyst that is formed from a palladium compound with a valence of zero to two and a cycloalkyldiarylphosphine ligand, such as neomenthyldiphenylphosphine.