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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Andrew John Miller, Kingston Upon Hull, GB;
Marc John Payne, Henley-on-Thames, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew John Miller, Kingston Upon Hull, GB;
Marc John Payne, Henley-on-Thames, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Process for producing acetic acid by carbonylating methanol and/or a reactive derivative thereof with carbon monoxide in at least one carbonylation reaction zone containing a liquid reaction composition containing an iridium carbonylation catalyst, methyl iodide co-catalyst, a finite concentration of water, acetic acid, methyl acetate. Indium and rhenium are present as promoters.