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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Michael David Jones, Yorkshire, GB;
Inventor:
Michael David Jones, Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 45/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for the production of a product comprising a carboxylic acid having n+1 carbon atoms which process comprises reacting in the liquid phase at elevated temperature and pressure a composition comprising an alcohol having n carbon atoms and/or a reactive derivative thereof, a halogen and/or a halogen compound promoter, water and carbon monoxide in the presence of hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a Group VIII noble metal species on a polymeric resin having a functional group selected from nitrogen-containing heterocycles.