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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Xiao Lan Wang, Acton, GB;
Robert Paul Tooze, Cleveland, GB;
Keith Whiston, Co Durham, GB;
Graham Ronald Eastham, Co Durham, GB;
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/736 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/736 ;
Abstract
A catalyst system capable of catalyzing the carbonylation of ethylene and a process which uses such a system wherein the catalyst system is obtainable by combining a metal of Group VIII, e.g., palladium, or a compound thereof and a bidentate phosphine, e.g. bis(di-t-butyl phospino)-o-xylene, according to the equation C H +CO+ROH→C H CO R,.