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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Bp Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Inventors:
Edo Johann Becker, East Yorkshire, GB;
Timothy Crispin Bristow, East Yorkshire, GB;
Assignee:
BP CHEMICALS LIMITED, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/37 (2006.01); C07C 51/347 (2006.01); C07C 29/154 (2006.01); C07C 29/151 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/37 (2013.01); C07C 29/154 (2013.01); C07C 29/1516 (2013.01); C07C 29/1518 (2013.01); C07C 51/347 (2013.01); Y02P 20/125 (2015.11);
Abstract
Integrated process for the production of methyl acetate and methanol. The process is carried out by carbonylating dimethyl ether with synthesis gas and recovering methanol and unreacted synthesis gas. The recovered synthesis gas is utilized as the sole fresh synthesis gas for methanol synthesis.