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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
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:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/36 (2006.01); C07C 67/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Process for the production of at least one carbonylation product selected from acetic acid and methyl acetate, by carbonylating at least one carbonylatable reactant selected from methanol and reactive derivatives thereof with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst. The catalyst is a mordenite which has been treated with an aqueous ammonium hydroxide solution and has a silica:alumina molar ratio of at least 10:1, and the reactive derivatives are selected from methyl acetate and dimethyl ether.