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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Evert Jan Ditzel, East Yorkshire, GB;
Bogdan Costin Gagea, Hull, GB;
Inventors:
Evert Jan Ditzel, East Yorkshire, GB;
Bogdan Costin Gagea, Hull, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for the production of acetic acid and/or methyl acetate by carbonylating methanol and/or reactive derivatives thereof with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst which is a mordenite which has been treated with an aqueous basic solution containing at least one of aluminate ions and gallate ions and has a silica:XOmolar ratio (wherein X is A1 and/or Ga) of at least 12:1.