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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hung-Cheun Cheung, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Elaine C. Sibrel, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
G. Paul Torrence, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Assignee:
Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/112 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/112 ;
Abstract
An improvement to methanol carbonylation processes utilizing a homogeneous iridium catalyst system comprises adding a rate-promoting amount of an insoluble pyridine ring-containing polymer. Typically, polyvinylpyridine is added to the reactor in amounts of up to about 2 wt. percent.