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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Graham Ronald Eastham, Redcar, GB;
Mark Waugh, Redcar, GB;
Philip Ian Richards, Redcar, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lucite International UK Limited, Southampton, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/14 (2006.01); C07C 67/38 (2006.01); C07F 7/08 (2006.01); C07F 9/28 (2006.01); C07C 67/31 (2006.01); B01J 31/24 (2006.01); C07C 51/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/31 (2013.01); B01J 31/2414 (2013.01); C07C 51/09 (2013.01); C07C 67/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for the carbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds including vinyl esters and a process for the production of 3-hydroxy propanoate esters or acids. The process comprises reacting said compound with carbon monoxide in the presence of a source of hydroxyl groups and of a catalyst system. The catalyst system is obtainable by combining: (a) a metal of Group 8, 9 or 10 or a compound thereof: and (b) a bidentate ligand of general formula (I): X(X)-Q-A-R—B-Q-X(X).