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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Arthur Turner, North Yorkshire, GB;
David John Royall, Cleveland, GB;
Duncan Stuart Hugall, Cleveland, GB;
Graham Howard Jones, North Yorkshire, GB;
Duncan Charles Woodcock, Cheshire, GB;
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/116 ;
Abstract
An aromatic carboxylic acid such as terephthalic acid is produced by the liquid phase oxidation of a precursor thereof, the oxidation being carried out in such a way that substantially all of the aromatic carboxylic acid produced in the course of the reaction is maintained in solution during the reaction.