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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Inventors:
Venkata Bharat Ram Boppana, Johnson City, TN (US);
Robert Thomas Hembre, Johnson City, TN (US);
Scott Donald Barnicki, Kingsport, TN (US);
Shane Kipley Kirk, Church Hill, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/347 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/347 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to hydrogenation processes for making hydroxymethylbenzoic acid compounds. More specifically, this invention relates to hydrogenation processes in the presence of tertiary amide solvent compounds, as well as compositions that can result from such processes. The invention thus provides processes for making hydroxymethylbenzoic acid compounds.