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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Evert Jan Ditzel, Goole, GB;
David John Law, Beverley, GB;
Mark Stephen Roberts, Beverley, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Process for the production of methyl acetate by the carbonylation of a dimethyl ether feed with carbon monoxide under substantially anhydrous conditions, in the presence of a zeolite catalyst effective for the carbonylation. The carbonylation is carried out at a temperature in the range of greater than 250° C. to 350° C. and at a pressure in the range of greater than 10 barg to 100 barg.