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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Wayne P. Schammel, Plainfield, IL (US);
Victor A. Adamian, Naperville, IL (US);
Yenamandra Viswanath, Naperville, IL (US);
Igor V. Zakharov, Moscow, RU;
Inventors:
Wayne P. Schammel, Plainfield, IL (US);
Victor A. Adamian, Naperville, IL (US);
Yenamandra Viswanath, Naperville, IL (US);
Igor V. Zakharov, Moscow, RU;
Assignee:
BP Corporation North America Inc., Warrenville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/255 (2006.01); B01J 31/02 (2006.01); B01J 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the liquid phase oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons in the presence of at least one heavy metal oxidation catalyst and bromine, which is activated by at least one of anthracene or another polycyclic aromatic compound to produce aromatic carboxylic acids.