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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
May. 03, 2006
Patricia Cheung, Berkeley, CA (US);
Enrique Iglesia, Moraga, CA (US);
John Glenn Sunley, East Yorkshire, GB;
Aditya Bhan, Berkeley, CA (US);
David John Law, East Yorkshire, GB;
Patricia Cheung, Berkeley, CA (US);
Enrique Iglesia, Moraga, CA (US);
John Glenn Sunley, East Yorkshire, GB;
Aditya Bhan, Berkeley, CA (US);
David John Law, East Yorkshire, GB;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
BP Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Abstract
A product comprising a lower alkyl ester of a lower aliphatic carboxylic acid is produced by a process comprising reacting a lower alkyl ether with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst comprising mordenite and/or ferrierite, optionally including an additional framework metal such as gallium, boron and/or iron, under substantially anhydrous conditions. More specifically, methyl acetate is selectively produced by reaction of dimethyl ether with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst comprising mordenite or ferrierite, under substantially anhydrous conditions.