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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Bp Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Inventor:
Timothy Crispin Bristow, East Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
BP CHEMICALS LIMITED, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/12 (2006.01); C07C 29/151 (2006.01); C07C 67/37 (2006.01); C07C 41/09 (2006.01); C07C 41/16 (2006.01); C07C 51/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/12 (2013.01); C07C 29/151 (2013.01); C07C 29/1518 (2013.01); C07C 41/09 (2013.01); C07C 41/16 (2013.01); C07C 51/09 (2013.01); C07C 67/37 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated process for the production of acetic acid by carbonylating dimethyl ether with synthesis gas to form methyl acetate and unreacted synthesis gas, utilizing the unreacted synthesis gas to produce methanol, dehydrating and hydrolyzing a mixture of methyl acetate and methanol to produce acetic acid and dimethyl ether and recovering acetic acid therefrom.