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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Edwan Sumner, Jr., Kingsport, TN (US);
Bruce LeRoy Gustafson, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/109 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/109 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved process for the hydrogenation of phthalic acids over a supported palladium catalyst. Phthalic acids are hydrogenated with improved selectivity in aqueous solution over palladium on carbon catalyst to give cyclohexanedicarboxylic acids (CHDA).