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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert John Watt, Beverley, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/112 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/112 ;
Abstract
A process for the production of acetic acid by reacting carbon monoxide with methanol and/or a reactive derivative thereof in a liquid reaction composition comprising an iridium carbonylation catalyst, methyl iodide, methyl acetate, water and acetic acid characterised in that there is also present in the reaction composition a monodentate phosphine oxide compound in an amount of up to and including 200 mol per gram atom of iridium.