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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
May. 20, 2008
Applicants:
Ying Sun, Liaoning, CN;
Hua Wang, Liaoning, CN;
Zhongmin Liu, Liaoning, CN;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Liaoning, CN;
BP P.L.C., London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/10 (2006.01); C07C 59/06 (2006.01); C07C 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Process for the production of glycolic acid by contacting carbon monoxide and formaldehyde with a catalyst containing an acidic polyoxometalate compound encapsulated within the pores of a zeolite. The zeolite has cages larger than the acidic polyoxometalate compound, and has pores with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the acidic polyoxometalate compound.