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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2005
Applicant:
Warren John Smith, East Riding, GB;
Inventor:
Warren John Smith, East Riding, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/36 (2006.01); C07C 51/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A carbonylation process for producing a carbonylation product by contacting carbon monoxide with a feed comprising an alcohol and/or a reactive derivative thereof in the vapour phase using an heterogeneous heteropolyacid catalyst comprising one or more metal cations selected from Cu, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd and Pt and wherein there is at least 0.5 wt % water present in the feed.