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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Bp Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Inventors:
Thomas Edward Clark, Saltend, GB;
John Glenn Sunley, East Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
BP CHEMICALS LIMITED, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/16 (2006.01); C07C 51/377 (2006.01); C07C 41/16 (2006.01); C07C 51/09 (2006.01); B01J 29/65 (2006.01); C07C 41/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/377 (2013.01); B01J 29/65 (2013.01); C07C 41/09 (2013.01); C07C 41/16 (2013.01); C07C 51/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
Process for producing acetic acid and dimethyl ether by contacting a mixture of methanol and methyl acetate with a zeolite catalyst. The zeolite has a 2-dimensional channel system having at least one channel with a 10-membered ring and containing at least 5% of its cation exchange capacity occupied by one or more alkali metal cations.